Diplodocus

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***Diplodocus*** is a genus of sauropod dinosaur in the *Jurassic World Evolution* series. Among the most easily identifiable dinosaurs and perhaps the longest known sauropod, *Diplodocus* originated from Late Jurassic North America.

In *Evolution*, a sick *Diplodocus* is transported to the park on Isla Muerta during the Science Division mission on the island, though the species itself becomes available to breed by the Hammond Foundation on Isla Tacaño. In the Secrets of Dr. Wu expansion pack, the genome of *Diplodocus* was used, in addition to *Ankylosaurus*, to create the *Ankylodocus* hybrid.

## Characteristics

Said to be among the longest sauropods ever discovered, at around 25 tons in weight and measuring 30 meters in length, *Diplodocus* is also one of the largest and most recognizable dinosaurs. A large and graceful dinosaur, this gentle giant follows the typical sauropod form with a sweeping long neck and an equally long, if not, longer tail with spines running down its back, with four sturdy legs. Its name means "*Double Beam*", in reference to its double-beamed chevron bones from the tail. This herbivore uses its long neck to feed from tall trees (in fact, *Diplodocus'* teeth are strong enough to strip bark) as well as plants and shrubs at ground level, while its vast size discourages predators from attacking. It is believed that *Dplodocus* swallowed stones into a gizzard to help break down their food for digestion. Although classically illustrated with a vertical pose, it is now accepted that they kept their necks low and straight in balance with their tails. Its base genome color is a reddish-brown.

## Gameplay

### *Evolution*

#### Behavior

Of the sauropods available for Jurassic World operations in the Muertes Archipelago, *Diplodocus* is relatively easy to care for, requiring comparatively low amounts of forest. They are comfortable with living alone, but can live in social groups of up to eight other *Diplodocus*. They require greater areas of grassland than smaller herbivores, which in turn allows them to tolerate larger groups of other dinosaurs in the same exhibit, tolerating up to twenty four other dinosaurs of various species.

Like other sauropods, *Diplodocus* eat exclusively from Tall Herbivore Feeders, but with the Claire's Sanctuary expansion pack, they can also eat from Tall Paleofeeders, showing a primary preference for Ginkgo and a secondary preference for Conifers and Tree Ferns. Like other large species of sauropod, *Diplodocus* is invulnerable to all predators with the notable exception of the *Indominus rex*.

#### Available genomes

 Garden Park | ★★★★★★★★★
 Morrison Formation | ★★★★★★★★★★

#### Skins

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 ALPINE

 ARID

 COASTAL

 STEPPE

 TUNDRA

## Paleontology

*Diplodocus* was once a relatively common sauropod in Jurassic North America. The first *Diplodocus* remains were discovered in 1878 by geologist Benjamin Franklin Mudge and paleontologist Samuel Wendell Williston in the Morrison Formation in Cañon City, Colorado. Soon becoming one of the most famous dinosaurs in the world thanks to mass-produced casts of the almost complete type fossil, nicknamed "*Dippy*", with several species first discovered from 1878 onwards. Many more Diplodocus fossils have since been found nearby, with artefacts unearthed across the west of the United States. These casts were shipped to museums all around the world. Two species of *Diplodocus* are currently considered valid: the smaller *D. carnegii* and the larger *D. hallorum* (formerly known as *Seismosaurus*). The animals in the game appear to be based on the more completely known *D. carnegii*.

*Diplodocus* is a part of the diplodocidae family, which also includes the equally popular *Apatosaurus* from the same formation and time. They both have similar peg-like teeth in an elongated head, which was used to rake leaves where they would be ground down in the stomach by gastroliths, stones the dinosaur swallowed.

In the real world, *Diplodocus* could use its tail like a whip for defense against predators and as a counterbalance when it rears up on its hind legs when reaching high up into the treetops.

### Paleoecology

One of the most common dinosaurs in the Morrison Formation ecosystem, which had a semiarid environment with distinct wet and dry seasons, *Diplodocus* lived in North America around 150 million years ago during the Late Jurassic period and tended to live near swamps, where water was easy to come by and there was plenty of vegetation. There, it lived alongside a myriad of other dinosaurs, such as other sauropods *Brachiosaurus*, *Camarasaurus*, and *Apatosaurus*, the armored *Stegosaurus*, the ornithopods *Dryosaurus* and *Camptosaurus*, as well as the carnivorous theropods *Ornitholestes*, *Ceratosaurus* and *Allosaurus*, the latter two which would have been its main predators. Once fully grown it would not have had any natural predators, although juveniles may have been targeted by carnivores.