Pleurocoelus: quick facts
Pleurocoelus was a four-legged browser with frontlimbs longer than its hind limbs. One of the most abundant dinosaurs of the Early Cretaceous, it had a small, narrowskull and teeth that were similar t
Period
Early Cretaceous
Diet
Herbivore
Length
29 feet (8.8 meters)
Family
Brachiosauridae
Reference background: Natural History Museum, London — Dinosaurs; Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History — Dinosaurs; American Museum of Natural History — Dinosaurs & Fossils. Figures are typical published ranges; taxonomy follows the source era and modern consensus is noted where it differs. See our sources & fact-check policy.