Dinosaurs · Sauropod
Brachytrachelopan
Say it brak-i-trak-eh-loh-pan. The name means ‘short-necked Pan [shepherd god]’.
- Length
- 10 m
- Diet
- Plant-eater
- When
- Mid Jurassicabout 150 million years ago
- Fossils found in
- Argentina
- Named by
- Rauhut, Remes, Fechner, Cladera and Puerta (2005)
- Family tree
- Dinosauria › Saurischia › Sauropodomorpha › Sauropoda › Diplodocoidea › Dicraeosauridae
Sauropods. Long-necked, four-legged plant-eaters, the biggest animals ever to walk on land. See all 59
Lived at the same time
Other sauropods
- Camarasaurus Late Jurassic
- Dicraeosaurus Late Jurassic
- Lusotitan Late Jurassic
- Apatosaurus Late Jurassic
- Brachiosaurus Late Jurassic
- Diplodocus Late Jurassic
- Euhelopus Late Jurassic
- Europasaurus Late Jurassic
Source: Brachytrachelopan in the Natural History Museum Dino Directory, read 12 November 2026. Sizes are the museum's estimates for a typical adult. "Lived at the same time" lists dinosaurs whose dates overlap, which does not always mean they met.