Brachytrachelopan

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=A lot of dinosaur groups have an exception to their rule. The sauropods are no different.This dinosaur has a short neck compared to other Sauropods. Although it has a small neck it has a long tail. Brachytrachelopan is Greek for "short-necked shepard". It is pronounced //BRACK-ee-track-ELL-oh-pan//. It lived on the plains of south America. It lived in the Late Jurassic (150 million years ago). The Brachytrachelopan was about 30 feet long and its weight is unknown. It was a vegetarian meaning that it only eats plants. It was founded by a South American shepard that was looking for his lost sheep. The last part of its name was Pan for half-goat, half-human god of Greek legend. Its short neck was most convincingly explained because of the plants it ate that were only a few feet from the ground.=