Seismosaurus

“quake lizard”

CLASSIFICATION

Seismosaurus  Gillette, 1991TYPE SPECIES: S. hallorum Gillette, 1991

Animalia Vertebrata Tetrapoda Sauropsida Archosauromorpha Ornithodira Dinosauria Sauropodomorpha

see also: Genus Index, Classification

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MEASUREMENTS

LENGTH: ?40 m to ?50 m

see also: World Records

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TIME

Kimmeridgian to Tithonian

see also: Ages of the Mesozoic

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PLACE

New Mexico

see also: Paleo-Maps

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REMAINS

• vertebrae, partial pelvis, chevrons, ribs, other elements, gastroliths

see also: Anatomy

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ESSAY

One of the hugest land animals of all time. May be a large Diplodocus.

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