Barosaurus

Barosaurus lentus · Barosaurus was a huge, long-necked sauropod dinosaur that lived in North America during the Late Jurassic period.

It lived about 152 to 150 million years ago.

Barosaurus
Photo: Debivort at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0
Barosaurus
Photo: KristyVan, CC BY-SA 3.0
Barosaurus
Photo: Peter Kudlacz, CC BY 2.0

Taxonomy

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassReptilia
OrderSaurischia
FamilyDiplodocidae
GenusBarosaurus
SpeciesBarosaurus lentus

Where its fossils were found

Western United States (South Dakota, Utah and Montana).

Fun facts

  • Some adult Barosaurus grew about 25–27 metres long, making it one of the largest diplodocid sauropods.
  • Barosaurus had 16 extremely elongated neck vertebrae, more than its relatives Diplodocus and Apatosaurus.
  • Barosaurus may have swept its neck in long arcs near the ground, feeding like a vacuum cleaner.
  • A skeleton of Barosaurus nicknamed "Gordo" was forgotten in storage at a Toronto museum until a curator found a reference to it in 2007.

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Facts and taxonomy adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).