Longest dinosaur tail
- Who
- diplodocus
- What
- 13 - 14 metre(s)
- When
- 01 January 0001
The diplodocid Diplodocus (double beamed) was a long-necked sauropod dinosaur from the late Jurassic period, 145 to 155 million years ago with a tail length of up to 13-14 m (43-45 ft).
Previously the holder for the longest dinosaur known from a complete skeleton was the diplodocid Diplodocus carnegii (double beam), assembled at the Carnegie Museum in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA from remains found in Wyoming in 1899.
Diplodocus was around 26 m 85 ft long, with much of that length made up by a long neck and an extremely long whip-like tail, and probably weighed 5.8–18.5 tonnes, with an estimate of around 12 tonnes (around 26,500 lb) being the most likely. The mounted skeleton was so spectacular that casts were requested by other museums, and copies may be seen in London, La Plata, Washington, Frankfurt and Paris.
It is quite possible that this animal did reach weights of around 18 tonnes (39,700 lbs)
Diplodocus was around 26 m 85 ft long, with much of that length made up by a long neck and an extremely long whip-like tail, and probably weighed 5.8–18.5 tonnes, with an estimate of around 12 tonnes (around 26,500 lb) being the most likely. The mounted skeleton was so spectacular that casts were requested by other museums, and copies may be seen in London, La Plata, Washington, Frankfurt and Paris.
It is quite possible that this animal did reach weights of around 18 tonnes (39,700 lbs)