DinoFact
Long-Necked Dinosaurs (Sauropods)
Facts about the long-necked sauropods — the biggest animals ever to walk the Earth.
- The biggest dinosaurs had very long necks.
- Vulcanodon was an early long-necked dinosaur.
- Sauropods laid eggs in large nesting colonies.
- Jobaria was a long-necked dinosaur from Africa.
- Isisaurus was a long-necked dinosaur from India.
- Omeisaurus was a long-necked dinosaur from China.
- Sellosaurus was an early long-necked plant-eater.
- Tornieria was a long-necked dinosaur from Africa.
- Plateosaurus was an early long-necked plant-eater.
- Datousaurus was a long-necked dinosaur from China.
- Qiaowanlong was a long-necked dinosaur from China.
- Long-necked dinosaurs spent most of the day eating.
- Coloradisaurus was an early long-necked plant-eater.
- Tangvayosaurus was a long-necked dinosaur from Laos.
- Gondwanatitan was a long-necked dinosaur from Brazil.
- Sonorasaurus was a long-necked dinosaur from Arizona.
- Bonitasaura was a long-necked dinosaur from Argentina.
- A long-necked dinosaur could be taller than a giraffe.
- Histriasaurus was a long-necked dinosaur from Croatia.
- Nemegtosaurus was a long-necked dinosaur from Mongolia.
- Rinconsaurus was a long-necked dinosaur from Argentina.
- Wintonotitan was a long-necked dinosaur from Australia.
- Zapalasaurus was a long-necked dinosaur from Argentina.
- Aegyptosaurus was a long-necked plant-eater from Africa.
- Barosaurus was a very long-necked plant-eating dinosaur.
- Plateosaurus was a common early long-necked plant-eater.
- Quaesitosaurus was a long-necked dinosaur from Mongolia.
- Rapetosaurus was a long-necked dinosaur from Madagascar.
- Amargatitanis was a long-necked dinosaur from Argentina.
- Ligabuesaurus was a long-necked dinosaur from Argentina.
- Mendozasaurus was a long-necked dinosaur from Argentina.
- Paralititan was a giant long-necked dinosaur from Egypt.
- Suuwassea was a long-necked dinosaur from North America.
- A single sauropod leg bone can be taller than a grown-up.
- The Jurassic was when giant long-necked dinosaurs roamed.
- Barapasaurus was an early long-necked dinosaur from India.
- Erketu was a long-necked dinosaur with an extra-long neck.
- Tehuelchesaurus was a long-necked dinosaur from Argentina.
- A sauropod could eat for most of the day just to stay full.
- Camarasaurus was a common long-necked dinosaur in its time.
- Pleurocoelus was a long-necked dinosaur from North America.
- Sauropod necks could be over 15 metres long in some species.
- Lapparentosaurus was a long-necked dinosaur from Madagascar.
- Opisthocoelicaudia was a long-necked dinosaur from Mongolia.
- Some sauropods may have weighed as much as 70 tonnes or more.
- Diplodocus held its long neck out more level with the ground.
- Cetiosaurus was one of the first long-necked dinosaurs named.
- Some sauropods were the largest animals ever to walk on land.
- Yimenosaurus was an early long-necked plant-eater from China.
- Long-necked dinosaurs could reach leaves high up in the trees.
- Lufengosaurus was an early long-necked plant-eater from China.
- Long-necked dinosaurs had tiny heads compared to their bodies.
- Ampelosaurus was an armoured long-necked dinosaur from Europe.
- Yunnanosaurus was an early long-necked plant-eater from China.
- Saltasaurus was a long-necked dinosaur with armour on its back.
- Shunosaurus was a long-necked dinosaur with a club on its tail.
- Some long-necked dinosaurs were as long as three buses in a row.
- Alamosaurus was a giant long-necked dinosaur from North America.
- Jingshanosaurus was an early long-necked plant-eater from China.
- Maxakalisaurus was an armoured long-necked dinosaur from Brazil.