Europe's most common dinosaur fossil and the prototype of the long-necks: a two-legged browser with a small head, huge thumb claws and a neck reaching where no animal had reached before. Its descendants' cousins would become the largest creatures ever to walk the Earth.
Length8 m
Height3.6 m
Weight2,600 kg
Top speed18 km/h
Field notes
- Over 100 skeletons have been dug up, mostly in Germany.
- Unlike the later giants, it walked on two legs.
- Individuals of the same age could differ wildly in size — growth depended on climate.