[DOC] [TLE] Free Flashcards about NATURAL HISTORY - StudyStack [PAR] IN DIPLODOCUS, THESE INDIVIDUAL BACK BONES WERE HOLLOW, 
KEEPING THE ANIMAL'S WEIGHT TO 12 TONS, VERTEBRAE. ITS 2 LONGER 
HORNS... [DOC] [TLE] The Geology P.A.G.E.: April 2011 [PAR] Apr 1, 2011 ... In diplodocus, these individual back bones were hollow, keeping the animal's 
weight to 12 tons. ----------------------------------------------------------------... [DOC] [TLE] Dinosaurs 4 | BiologyWriter [PAR] Sauropods, the dominant dinosaurs of the Jurassic, were giant herbivores, the 
largest ... These 35-foot necks did not have more vertebrae than other dinosaurs 
... had smaller bodies than the top-eaters (Diplodocus weighed 11 tons), and 
even ... of Coelophysis, with long necks and hollow, delicate bones, built for 
speed. [DOC] [TLE] Sauropoda - Wikipedia [PAR] Sauropoda or the sauropods are an infraorder of saurischian ("lizard-hipped") 
dinosaurs. .... The front feet were so modified in eusauropods that individual 
digits would not have ... Pneumatic, hollow bones are a characteristic feature of 
all sauropods. These air spaces reduced the overall weight of the massive necks 
that the... [DOC] [TLE] Chapter 45e: Dinosaurs - McGraw Hill Higher Education [PAR] The size of battle tanks, their bodies encased in armor, these were the most ... 
Thus we cannot study dinosaurs as if they were a particular kind of animal, ..... In 
the other kind of dinosaur, the forward-projecting of the three hip bones is turned 
back .... weighed 11 tons), and even longer necks and tails (the tail of Diplodocus 
is... [DOC] [TLE] Xenoposeidon week, day 4: the question everyone is asking  how ... [PAR] Nov 18, 2007 ... Now that all the bones are back in place, it's easy to recognise this as ... 
Therefore, a Diplodocus-like Xenoposeidon would be about 20 m ... For 
Diplodocus carnegii, we just used the estimate of Wedel 2005, 12 tonnes, and 
got a mass .... as if they really were hollow, but you can see it getting less 
rigorous. [DOC] [TLE] The Problem with Big Dinosaurs - DinosaurTheory.com [PAR] Inadequate bone strength to support the largest dinosaurs ... The most obvious 
observation about dinosaurs is that these were incredible large animals. [DOC] [TLE] Diplodocus - Carnegie Museum of Natural History [PAR] Diplodocus was the longest of these dinosaurs, growing as long as ... tons. 
Apatosaurus, another sauropod, was shorter than Diplodocus, but weighed three 
times as much. Brachiosaurus weighed eight times as ... The bones in 
Diplodocus' back were hollow, ... However, studies of the individual neck bones 
and computer. [DOC] [TLE] Dinosaur - New World Encyclopedia [PAR] Bones from multiple similarly-sized individuals were incorporated into the ... an 
animal that weighed between 30,00060,000 kg (3366 short tons, with a short 
ton ... The longest complete dinosaur is the 27 m (89 ft) long Diplodocus, which 
was ... Sauropod tracks in England document that these animals traveled in 
groups... [DOC] [TLE] Sauropod Dinosaur Physics [PAR] Sauropod dinosaur fossils were first found about 100 years ago. .... dinosaurs, 
called Brontosaurus (Apatosaurus is the same thing), Diplodocus, ... Most 
scientists believe that these sauropods had a living weight of up to 80 tons. ... If 
such a huge animal had a leg bone break, its possibility of survival would drop to 
nearly... [DOC] [TLE] Have we reached peak dinosaur? | Science | The Guardian [PAR] May 19, 2014 ... Fossilised bones of sauropod, the largest-ever dinosaur, go on display ... of a 
mass of 77 tons for the animal, which sounds about right to me. ... variation in 
weight not just within a species, but even in individuals ... Previously all these 
outsized animals were known from relatively ..... The Guardian back to top. [DOC] [TLE] About Dinosaurs - 2 - Crystalinks [PAR] Both groups were herbivorous, but unlike living reptiles they chewed their foliage 
.... feet) in length up to about 7 metres (23 feet) and about 1 ton in maximum 
weight. ... Movement for these animals must have been relatively slow, with short 
steps ... hind leg

Question: In diplodocus, these individual back bones were hollow, keeping the animal's weight to 12 tons
Answer: Vertebrae