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Diplodocoidea was a superfamily of sauropod dinosaurs, which included some of the longest animals of all time, including slender giants like Supersaurus, Diplodocus, Apatosaurus, and Amphicoelias. Most had very long necks and long, whip-like tails; however, one family (the dicraeosaurids) are the only known sauropods to have re-evolved a short neck, presumably an adaptation for feeding low to the ground. This adaptation was taken to the extreme in the highly specialized sauropod Brachytrachelopan.

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  • Diplodocoidea
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  • Diplodocoidea was a superfamily of sauropod dinosaurs, which included some of the longest animals of all time, including slender giants like Supersaurus, Diplodocus, Apatosaurus, and Amphicoelias. Most had very long necks and long, whip-like tails; however, one family (the dicraeosaurids) are the only known sauropods to have re-evolved a short neck, presumably an adaptation for feeding low to the ground. This adaptation was taken to the extreme in the highly specialized sauropod Brachytrachelopan.
  • The Diplodocoids were a branch of the sauropod family tree that included mostly medium-to-large animals with (typically) long necks and long, often whip-ended tails. Included families are Diplodocidae, Rebbachisauridae, and Dicraeosauridae; once a possible candidate, Nemegtosauridae is now more definitively a titanosaur group. As sauropods, diplodocoids are Water Dinosaurs, although two appear in Grass Moves.
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  • Animalia
Name
  • Diplodocoids
Caption
  • Diplodocus
Superfamily
  • (Marsh, 1884)
  • Diplodocoidea
fossil range
  • Late Jurassic–Early Cretaceous,
Families
  • * Dicraeosauridae * Diplodocidae * Rebbachisauridae
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  • 250(xsd:integer)
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  • Dinosauria
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  • Diplodocoidea was a superfamily of sauropod dinosaurs, which included some of the longest animals of all time, including slender giants like Supersaurus, Diplodocus, Apatosaurus, and Amphicoelias. Most had very long necks and long, whip-like tails; however, one family (the dicraeosaurids) are the only known sauropods to have re-evolved a short neck, presumably an adaptation for feeding low to the ground. This adaptation was taken to the extreme in the highly specialized sauropod Brachytrachelopan.
  • The Diplodocoids were a branch of the sauropod family tree that included mostly medium-to-large animals with (typically) long necks and long, often whip-ended tails. Included families are Diplodocidae, Rebbachisauridae, and Dicraeosauridae; once a possible candidate, Nemegtosauridae is now more definitively a titanosaur group. As sauropods, diplodocoids are Water Dinosaurs, although two appear in Grass Moves.
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