How fast did sauropods wag their tails?

Sauropods were large herbivorous dinosaurs with long necks and tails that could potentially create a sonic boom by wagging their tails at supersonic speeds. However, it is debated whether they actually did this as it may have been harmful. Sauropod fossils have been found on every continent and examples include Diplodocus, Apatosaurus, and Argentinosaurus. “Sauropod” […]

What size were the largest sauropods?

In Australia’s Jurassic Park, paleontologists discovered 21 types of dinosaur tracks, including the largest ever found, a 21-foot-5-inch sauropod footprint. The area also contained evidence of Stegosaurus, and would have been a spectacle 130 million years ago. In 2017, a team of paleontologists unveiled 21 different types of dinosaur tracks found along a 13-kilometer stretch […]

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