36 Long Neck Dinosaur Names and Pictures

Dinosaur fossils have been found on all continents on Earth. As such, I have hand-picked 36 long-neck dinosaur names with pictures included.

Omeisaurus

It was a long-necked dinosaur that lived during the Late Jurassic period. The initial discovery of Omeisaurus was in 1936. Omeisaurus was discovered in China’s Sichuan Province and its neck length reached up to 9 meters.

Brachiosaurus

Brachiosaurus was named by American paleontologist Elmer Riggs in 1903. The Brachiosaurus’ neck was close to 9 meters.

Saltasaurus

Saltasaurus (Greek for “Salta lizard”) is one of the last sauropods, and was about 40 feet long. Its neck measured north of 2 meters and had bony armor plates (osteoderms). Saltasaurus roamed what is now known as Argentina in South America.

Apatosaurus

It is named for the Greek words meaning “deceptive lizard.” Apatosaurus lived during the late Jurassic Period and weighed as much as 41 tonnes. The neck measured around 6 meters long. Apatosaurus was discovered by paleontologist Earl Douglass in 1909.

Futalognkosaurus

Futalognkosaurus is a gigantic sauropod that was originally estimated at 32 to 34 metres in length. Its name comes from the Mapuche language.

Diplodocus

With a total length of 24 to 26 meters, Diplodocus name means “double beam.” Diplodocus was a very large animal. Its neck measured up to 8m.

Dreadnoughtus

Dreadnoughtus was a herbivore and a member of the group called titanosaurs. Dreadnoughtus was about 85 feet long and had a massive neck of 37 feet long.

Brontosaurus

Brontosaurus was a large herbivorous sauropod dinosaur that could have weighed 24 US tons. It is one of the biggest lizards. The neck was 30 feet long.

Notocolossus

Notocolossus was a herbivore that lived in the Cretaceous period. It had a neck length of 12 m.

Camarasaurus: 3 to 4.5m

Camarasaurus had between 50 and 65 feet, and was named by Edward Drinker Cope in 1877.

Rapetosaurus: 3.36 meters

Rapetosaurus fossils come from Madagascar,

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Argentinosaurus: 30 to 49 feet (9 to 14.9m)

Argentinosaurus was one of the largest known land animals of all time, possibly weighing 100 tons and reaching 100 feet long. Argentinosaurus was described in 1993 by Bonaparte and Coria.

Facts about dinosaurs

Dinosaurs were the biggest animals ever to have walked on Earth.

One of the most intelligent dinosaurs was Troodon. The largest land-based dinosaur was the Argentinosaurus huinculensis. Dinosaurs like Ornithomimus could run up to 60 km/h.

The Quetzalcoatlus had a wingspan of 39 feet.

Dinos became extinct around 66 million years ago.

There are 700 known species of extinct dinosaurs.

Patagotitan

Patagotitan is a titanosaur, a type of sauropod. Measuring some 35 metres from nose to tail, Patagotitan is the largest known animal to ever stomp the earth. The neck was close to 12m long, and the femur was almost 2.5 metres long. It was found at La Flecha Ranch in 2010 in Patagonia.

Turiasaurus

Turiasaurus was a herbivore and the largest dinosaur ever found in Europe.

Giraffatitan: 8.5 meters

Giraffatitan is known from the fossils of several individuals, and fossil specimens have been found in Tanzania.

Amargasaurus: 7.9 feet

The only known skeleton of Amargasaurus was discovered in 1984. Reaching 13 meters, Amargasaurus was small for a sauropod.

Supersaurus

Supersaurus was a sauropod of the late Jurassic period. Its neck reached 15m. One specimen has been nicknamed “Jimbo.”

Barosaurus: 28 to 49 feet

Barosaurus was a long-necked, plant-eating dinosaur with some adults measuring 89 ft in length. Barosaurus is a member of the sauropod family Diplodocidae.

Seismosaurus

At 150 feet, Seismosaurus was the longest dinosaur. Seismosaurus weighed about as much as 8 African elephants.

Malawisaurus

It is an extinct genus of titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous period.

Mamenchisaurus

Mamenchisaurus was first discovered in 1952 and is known for its remarkably long necks. As such, they may have been better called “Neckosaurus.”

More interesting facts about dinosaurs

The heaviest dinosaur was Argentinosaurus at 77 tonnes.

Dinosaurs were the biggest animals ever to have walked on Earth. The first dinosaur nest was discovered in the Gobi Desert in 1923.

Most dinosaurs were about as clever as modern reptiles.

Dinosaur fossils have been found on all seven continents.

Nigersaurus

Nigersaurus was about 9 TO 14.1 m long, and had a long neck. Nigersaurus lived in the Cretaceous period and inhabited Africa.

Tastavinsaurus

Tastavinsaurus belonged to the Titanosauriformes and was a herbivore that lived in the Cretaceous period.

Titanosaurus

Titanosaurus was first described by Richard Lydekker in 1877. Its the animal that gives the entire titanosaur group its name.

Magyarosaurus

Measuring less than 3 m long, Magyarosaurus is one of the smallest-known adult sauropods. It lived in today’s Romania.

Alamosaurus: neck length 5 meters

Alamosaurus weighed up to 35 tonnes and had a length of around 26 metres.

Haplocanthosaurus

Haplocanthosaurus was a genus of sauropod dinosaur and is one of the more primitive sauropods of the Morrison Formation.

Puertasaurus

Puertasaurus lived in South America during the Late Cretaceous Period. Puertasaurus was named after fossil hunter Pablo Puerta.

Muyelensaurus

Muyelensaurus inhabited South America and lived in the Cretaceous period.

Paralititan

Its name means “tidal giant.” Paralititan lived in present-day Egypt during the Late Cretaceous period. Paralititan means “tidal giant.”

Cetiosaurus

Cetiosaurus is the first sauropod discovered.

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