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Dinosaurs

Opisthocoelicaudia

o-PIS-tho-SEE-ly-COR-dee-uh
Opisthocoelicaudia skarzynskii

Opisthocoelicaudia

dinosaurs
Body Type

Sauropod

Type

Sauropoda

Meaning

hollow-backed tail [vertebrae]

Length

12m

Weight

-

Taxanomy
Dinosauria, Saurischia, Sauropodomorpha, Sauropoda, Eusauropoda, Neosauropoda, Macronaria, Camarasauromorpha, Titanosauriformes, Titanosauria, Lithostrotia, Saltasauridae, Opisthocoelicaudia
Found In
Mongolia
Range
071-68 mya
Diet
Herbivorous
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Information
Opisthocoelicaudia is known from a skeleton that lacks the skull and neck, so their reconstruction is based on similar dinosaurs.
Alternate Names