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Fossilised remains belonging to the creature were discovered in 162-million-year-old rocks in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of northwest China in 1987.
Diplodocids could whip their tails at speeds similar to a fast car but nowhere near the speed of sound, say experts at NOVA School of Science and Technology, Caparica, Portugal.