Species
Valid Extinct

Diplodocus longus

Marsh 1878

No Wikipedia summary available.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
5
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
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PBDB ↗
Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Saurischia Unranked clade
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Sauropodomorpha Unranked clade
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Massopoda Unranked clade
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Sauropodiformes Unranked clade
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Sauropoda Unranked clade
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Gravisauria Unranked clade
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Eusauropoda Unranked clade
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Neosauropoda Unranked clade
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Diplodocoidea Unranked clade
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Diplodocimorpha Unranked clade
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Flagellicaudata Unranked clade
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Diplodocidae Unranked clade
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Diplodocinae Unranked clade
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Diplodocus Genus
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Diplodocus longus Species
Fossil sites 5 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇺🇸 United States
5
Geological formations
Morrison
5
Temporal distribution
Tithonian (149.2–143.1 Ma)
5
Bibliography
Original description
O. C. Marsh. 1878. Principal characters of American Jurassic dinosaurs. Part I. American Journal of Science and Arts 16:411-416 DOI ↗
Bibliography (5)
K. Carpenter. 1998. Vertebrate biostratigraphy of the Morrison Formation near Cañon City, Colorado. Modern Geology 23:407-426
E. Evanoff and K. Carpenter. 1998. History, sedimentology, and taphonomy of Felch Quarry 1 and associated sandbodies, Morrison Formation, Garden Park, Colorado. Modern Geology 23:145-169
C. W. Gilmore. 1932. On a newly mounted skeleton of Diplodocus in the United States National Museum. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 81(18):1-21 DOI ↗
H. F. Osborn. 1904. Manus, sacrum, and caudals of Sauropoda. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 20(14):181-190
O. C. Marsh. 1878. Principal characters of American Jurassic dinosaurs. Part I. American Journal of Science and Arts 16:411-416 DOI ↗