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First Diplodocus fossils found outside of United States 

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First Diplodocus fossils found outside of United States 
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Diplodocus is a famous genus of giant sauropod dinosaurs with small heads and long, whip-like tails that lived in the Late Jurassic period (155 to 145 million years ago). Since its discovery in 1878, all confirmed Diplodocus remains have been unearthed from the Morrison Formation fossil hotspot in the western United States. Now, however, paleontologists have identified Diplodocus remains in Spain.  



The remains came to light in the El Castellar municipality of the Spanish city of Teruel, and

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