With fossil brush in hand, we unearth
the massive behemoths that ruled over
land, air and sea millions of years ago
© Science Photo Librar yStanding
The placement of the tendon in the
vertebrae allowed sauropods to
hold their necks and tails upright
with minimal effortFlexible
Despite all this support
holding the sauropod
together, the design
still allowed the
creatures to remain
surprisingly flexibleDINOSAURS
Biggest dinosaurs
Stegosaurus was slightly larger
than a shipping container, but its
brain was only the size of a walnutStegosaurus
The brachiosaurus used its
staggering 16m (52.5 feet)
height to reach tall vegetationBrachiosaurus