Tuesday, September 27, 2011

The Barosaurus

By Pat Ryan


Many years ago, creatures referred to as dinosaurs roamed the very land us humans walk on. We know this because their fossils have been discovered deep below the surface. To this day, paleontologists are still digging up fossils of these creatures and making new discoveries. There is so much, still, that we need to learn about in regards to these miraculous creatures. While there are different lengthy dinos, but for our long neck dinosaur , we would like to put focus on the Barosaurus. We are going to tell you about this creature they call the Barosaurus in the paragraphs below.

The Barosaurus was a massive dino with a large tail and long neck. We would probably run for the hills if any of us came across this one while out on a hike. They would probably be able to see where you run to because then again, the head extends way up into the air.

This particular type is directly related to the ever so popular Diplodocus and ate plants. Experts have learned a lot about it as they have studied this particular species for some time now. . This miraculous animal have many interesting details nesting behind it.

This dino were living during the Late Jurassic period, which was about one hundred and fifty million years in the past to date. This animal had a slight difference but was similar to the Diplodocus. For instance, they have bigger backbones and a shorted tail. The cervical vertebrae add up to fifteen, just like the Diplodocus, but some of the cervical vertebra was over thirty nine inches long.

There is a particular museum that displays the fossils of a dino standing up on the hind legs. This particular one stands at an extreme height. Her head would be level with the fifth story of a tall building if you stood this particular creature right next to it. The vertebra was hollow in the head area, because the dino would not have been able to get its head off the ground if it was not hollow.

Much like a giraffe, the long vertebra was constructed to live in the air. In order to pump blood to the brain they believe this dino had a large heart. The beats are going to be slower if the heart is bigger. Even before it ever reached the beings brain, they believe the blood would run back to the heart.

There is a speculation that the Barosaurus had a total of eight hearts in its entire body. There are three pairs of hearts in the neck and two in the chest as this theory believes. We may never know for a fact even more studies should be able to break the theories that are circling as it will take a lot of work .

Throughout the world paleontologists are finding fossils of this animal. You never know what they are going to discover during their next dig. You may come across newly found secrets that have yet to be discovered if you continue following news on the long neck dinosaur.




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