Mamenchisaurus
• Mamenchisaurus was a massive plant-eating dinosaur, a sauropod similar in appearance to Diplodocus.
• The huge Mamenchisaurus measured about 82ft (25m) from nose to tailend.
• The weight of Mamenchisaurus has been estimated at 20-35 tons.
• Mamenchisaurus lived during the late Jurassic Period, from 160 to perhaps 140 mya.
• The hugely long neck of Mamenchisaurus had up to 19 vertebrae, or neckbones--more than almost any other dinosaur.
• Mamenchisaurus fossils were found in China.
• The name Mamenchisaurus is taken from the place where its fossils were discovered--Mamen Stream.
• Mamenchisaurus may be a close cousin of other sauropod dinosaurs found in the region, including Euhelopus and Omeisaurus.
• Mamenchisaurus may have stretched its vast neck high into trees to crop leaves, or--less likely--it may have lived in swamps and eaten soft water plants.
• Mamenchisaurus had the longest neck, at up to 50ft (15m), of any dinosaur yet discovered.
• The huge Mamenchisaurus measured about 82ft (25m) from nose to tailend.
• The weight of Mamenchisaurus has been estimated at 20-35 tons.
• Mamenchisaurus lived during the late Jurassic Period, from 160 to perhaps 140 mya.
• The hugely long neck of Mamenchisaurus had up to 19 vertebrae, or neckbones--more than almost any other dinosaur.
• Mamenchisaurus fossils were found in China.
• The name Mamenchisaurus is taken from the place where its fossils were discovered--Mamen Stream.
• Mamenchisaurus may be a close cousin of other sauropod dinosaurs found in the region, including Euhelopus and Omeisaurus.
• Mamenchisaurus may have stretched its vast neck high into trees to crop leaves, or--less likely--it may have lived in swamps and eaten soft water plants.
• Mamenchisaurus had the longest neck, at up to 50ft (15m), of any dinosaur yet discovered.
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