Dinosaur
Haplocanthosaurus
Its name refers to simple vertebral spines, in contrast to the bifurcated ones of other sauropods.
Haplocanthosaurus was distinguished by simple vertebral spines where other sauropods had divided structures.
Three stages. One companion.
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AI-generated, stylized game illustrations. These designs and growth stages are imaginative, not scientific reconstructions.
Haplocanthosaurus 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
- Eusauropoda
- Eusauropods
- Fossil locations
- Colorado
- Places where fossils have been found
Beyond the game
The real Haplocanthosaurus
Two species are recognized based on incomplete skeletons. The first was named in 1903 and another, discovered by a student in Colorado, received its description in 1988.
Its name refers to unbranched vertebral spines, unlike the forked ones of some other sauropods. Its two species are known from incomplete skeletons and were described many years apart. The history of a genus can keep growing long after its first discovery.
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
Its name refers to unbranched vertebral spines, unlike the forked ones of some other sauropods. Its two species are known from incomplete skeletons and were described many years apart. The history of a genus can keep growing long after its first discovery.
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