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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Sabelko, Rebecca, author.
Title: Diplodocus / by Rebecca Sabelko.
Description: Minneapolis, MN : Bellwether Media, Inc., [2020] | Series: Epic: The World of Dinosaurs |
Includes bibliographical references and index. | Audience: Ages 7-12. | Audience: Grades 2 to 7. |
Identiers: LCCN 2019003727 (print) | LCCN 2019010542 (ebook) |
ISBN 9781618916594 (ebook) | ISBN 9781644870877 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
ISBN 9781618917287 (paperback : alk. paper)
Subjects: LCSH: Diplodocus--Juvenile literature.
Classication: LCC QE862.S3 (ebook) | LCC QE862.S3 S2324 2020 (print) | DDC 567.913--dc23
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The World of the diplodocus
What Was the diplodocus?
Diet and Defenses
Fossils and Extinction
Get to Know the diplodocus
Glossary
To Learn More
Index
Ta ble of
Contents
The diplodocus was a huge dinosaur !
It stretched up to feet ( meters ) long .
It mostly lived during the Late
Jurassic
period . This was around million years ago !
The world of the
diplodocus
Pronunciation
dih - PLOD - uh - kus
map of the world
Late Jurassic period
what was the
diplodocus?
The diplodocus was a sauropod .
It had a small head and a long neck .
The diplodocus had
nostrils between
its eyes . Its teeth were like long pencils !
Size chart
5 feet (2 meters)
25 feet (8 meters)
15 feet (5 meters)
one long dino !
The diplodocuss neck was around
feet ( meters ) long . Its tail
was feet ( meters ) long !
The diplodocus was very heavy .
Some weighed up to 60,000 pounds
( 27,216 kilograms ).
a heavy heart
The diplodocus heart weighed up
to 2,000 pounds ( kilograms )!
Four thick legs kept its body steady .
Each foot had ve toes . One toe on
each foot had a sharp claw !
diplodocus diet
Diet and
Defenses
tree leaves
leafy
plants
ferns
The diplodocus could not raise its neck
very high . It ate a lot of ground plants .
This dinosaur only had front teeth .
These teeth
scraped the leaves from plants .
Reaching
Great Heights
The diplodocus often stood
on its hind legs to reach
leaves on high branches !
name game
The name
diplodocus
means double beam.
The diplodocus could only walk
around miles ( kilometers ) per hour .
But this huge dinosaur did not need to
outrun enemies . Only a few
predators
could take the diplodocus down !
The diplodocus was ready when
enemies came near ! The end of its tail
was made of thin bones . The bones
were attached to strong muscles .
The diplodocus whipped its tail
to drive enemies away !
the bare bones
The diplodocus had hollow
neck , back , and tail bones .
This made it much lighter
than other dinosaurs its size .
fossils and
Extinction
The diplodocus went extinct about million
years ago .
Some scientists think new animals
evolved from
the diplodocus . Others believe
climate changes
made it hard for the dinosaurs food to grow .