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Dinosaurs

Brachytrachelopan

brak-i-trak-eh-lo-pan
Brachytrachelopan mesai

Brachytrachelopan

dinosaurs
Body Type

Sauropod

Type

Sauropoda

Meaning

short-necked Pan [shepherd god]

Length

10m

Weight

-

Taxanomy
Dinosauria, Saurischia, Sauropodomorpha, Sauropoda, Eusauropoda, Neosauropoda, Diplodocoidea, Dicraeosauridae, Brachytrachelopan
Found In
Argentina
Range
156-151 mya
Diet
Herbivorous
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Information
Brachytrachelopan is known from partial neck and dorsal vertebrae (part of the backbone), ribs, a partial pelvis and limb bones. This dinosaur had, proportionately, the shortest neck of any known sauropod.
Alternate Names