The reputation of the Supersaurus has held up better. However, the name was first used unofficially (as a nomen nudum) in 1979 by Jim Jensen to describe a set of giant dinosaur bones he discovered in the United States.Because Kim published the name for his specimen before Jensen could do so officially, Jensen renamed his specimen Ultrasauros. Supersaurus .
(Thanks to David Lovelace from drawing … Just better. Quite the same Wikipedia. The two giants briefly fought, and though Seismosaurus started losing, Chomp knocked Supersaurus away, letting Seismosaurus recover in time to hit and defeat the incoming Altirhinus, thereby returning Supersaurus to its card as well. Other bones from the same site, the Dry Mesa Quarry in southern Colorado, have also been identified as Supersaurus.
Supersaurus is known from only a few bones, but these bones are enormous. Quite the same Wikipedia. Just better. In most ways, Supersaurus was a typical sauropod of the late Jurassic period, with its exceedingly long neck and tail, bulky body, and comparatively small head (and brain). James Jensen, one of North America's most prolific dinosaur hunters, discovered this creature in 1973 and excavated it in 1979. The first bone found, a scapulacoracoid (shoulder bone) was over eight feet (2.4 meters) long.
Ultrasaurus is a genus of sauropod dinosaur discovered by Haang Mook Kim in South Korea. A new species is discovered about every six weeks. and found that the best resulting trees were 18 steps longer than the unenforced trees (1994 steps vs 1976).
This entry is inspired by a similarly themed post at the always-excellent SV-POW.They compared the size (and neck length) of Supersaurus, Brachiosaurus and Diplodocus.In a stroke of serendipity I read their post as I was reworking my skeletal of the largest specimen of Diplodocus, NMMNH 3690.. NMMNH 3690 is the dinosaur previously known as Seismosaurus hallorum. Because Kim published the name for his specimen before Jensen could do so officially, Jensen renamed his specimen Ultrasauros. Supersaurus. In both strips, it is depicted as resembling Brachiosaurus, instead of a diplodocid like in real life.
What is an ultrasaurus?
It lacks paired foramina on the ventral surface separated by a midline ridge, as seen in Apatosaurus and WDC Supersaurus. About Supersaurus. There are more dinosaurs today than there were when I was a kid. Supersaurus is known from a single shoulder bone (the scapulacoracoid), which is nearly eight feet long. What we do. It appeared in two Sunday strips.