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The first Diplodocus [[skeleton]] was found at [[Como Bluff]], [[Wyoming]] in [[1878]] and was named ''Diplodocus longus'' ("long double-beam") by [[paleontology|paleontologist]] [[Othniel Charles Marsh]]. Other species include ''D. carnegiei'' (named after [[Andrew Carnegie]]) and ''D. hayi''.
Diplodocus remains have been found in the Western [[United States]] of [[Colorado]], [[Utah]], [[Montana]] and [[Wyoming]]. [[Fossil]]s of this animal are common, except for the [[skull]], which is often missing from otherwise complete skeletons. The skull was very small compared to the [[largest organism|huge size]] of the animal, which could reach up to 27 m, although some suggest that the Diplodocus could reach a full length of 45 metres. Instead of the way ''Diplodocidae'' were formerly portrayed, with their necks high up in the air, it is now believed by some that the animal could only keep its head very low to the ground (for grazing), and that the very long tail served as a counterbalance for the long neck. Others think the animal could stand on its hind legs.
[[Image:Diplodocus_carnegii_statue.jpg|frame|left|A statue of ''Diplodocus carnegiei'' taken in [[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]].]]
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