![]() The new species was named Diplodocus carnegii in honour of its owner. Scottish-born millionaire businessman Andrew Carnegie heard the reports and set out to acquire the bones as a centrepiece for his new museum in Pittsburgh.ĭuring the reconstruction of the skeleton at the Carnegie Museum, experts discovered subtle differences from the two other Diplodocus species known at the time, Diplodocus longus and Diplodocus lacustris. ![]() When railroad workers unearthed the fossilised bones of a Diplodocus in Wyoming, USA in 1899, newspapers billed the discovery as the 'most colossal animal ever on Earth'. The species lived sometime between 156 and 145 million years ago and belongs to a group called sauropods, meaning 'lizard feet'. When it was unveiled to the public in 1905, Dippy became a star, and has since featured in newspaper cartoons, news reports and even played starring roles in film and television.Ĭast from the type specimen found in America, the Diplodocus has moved location, changed posture and in 2016 the Museum announced that Dippy would be replaced by a blue whale skeleton.ĭiplodocus was first described as a new type of dinosaur in 1878 by Professor Othniel C Marsh at Yale University. ![]() The Museum's Diplodocus skeleton cast, known affectionately as Dippy, was for many years the first sight to greet Museum visitors. ![]()
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