Opisthocoelicaudia
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| phylum | Chordata | Opisthocoelicaudia was a genus of sauropod dinosaur of the Late Cretaceous Period discovered in the Gobi Desert of Mongolia. The only species is Opisthocoelicaudia skarzynskii. A well-preserved skeleton lacking only the head and neck was unearthed in 1965 by Polish and Mongolian scientists, making Opisthocoelicaudia one of the best known sauropods from the Late Cretaceous. Like other sauropods, Opistocelicaudia had a small head on a long neck, a barrel-shaped body on four columnar limbs, and a long tail. It was relatively small for a sauropod; the type specimen was estimated at 11.4 m (37 ft) from the head to the tip of the tail.
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| clade | Diapsida | |
| order | Saurischia | |
| suborder | Sauropodomorpha | |
| family | Saltasauridae | |
| genus | Opisthocoelicaudia | |
| Temporal range | Late Cretaceous |
