Dinosaur
Brachytrachelopan
It had an exceptionally short neck for a sauropod.
Brachytrachelopan had a remarkably short neck for a member of the long-necked dinosaur group.
Three stages. One companion.
Game artwork
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Brachytrachelopan at a glance
- Diet
- Herbivore
- A plant-based diet is inferred from its anatomy and comparisons with related animals; not all herbivores ate the same plants.
- When it lived
- Jurassic
- Group
- Dicraeosauridae
- Dicraeosaurids
- Fossil locations
- Argentina
- Places where fossils have been found
Beyond the game
The real Brachytrachelopan
It had an especially short neck for a sauropod. Its only known specimen is incomplete, but it preserves several series of vertebrae still united.
Vertebrae preserved still joined together are particularly useful for studying that proportion. Although the specimen is incomplete, it records directly how several parts of the spine fitted together.
This grouping describes evolutionary relationships. Its members share ancestors; they do not form a chain in which one must turn into another.
Fossil discoveries
Selected fossil records · present-day map
Map references
Map: Natural Earth, public domain. Fossil records: linked collections and publications.A note on the science
Vertebrae preserved still joined together are particularly useful for studying that proportion. Although the specimen is incomplete, it records directly how several parts of the spine fitted together.
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- Brachytrachelopan mesai
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- Brachytrachelopan
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- Dicraeosauridae
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- Living birds
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