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DIPLODOCUS

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PRONUNCIATION:

dih-PLOD-uh-kus

TRANSLATION:

Double Beam

ALSO KNOWN AS:

n/a

DESCRIPTION:

Herbivore, Quadrupedal

ORDER:

Saurischia

SUBORDER:

Sauropodomorpha

INFRAORDER:

Sauropoda

MICRO-ORDER:

n/a

SUPERFAMILY:

n/a

FAMILY:

Diplodocidae

HEIGHT:

30 feet (9.1 meters)

LENGTH:

89 feet (27.1 meters)

WEIGHT:

55,000 pounds (22,680 kg)

PERIOD:

Late Jurassic