Genus
Valid Extinct

Smitanosaurus

Whitlock and Wilson Mantilla 2020

Smitanosaurus is a genus of dicraeosaurid sauropod dinosaur from the Late Jurassic of Colorado. The genus contains one species, S. agilis, originally assigned to the defunct genus Morosaurus.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Smitanosaurus
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Smitanosaurus agilis skull fragment and neck. © Charles C. Gilmore · Public domain · Wikimedia
Smitanosaurus
Smitanosaurus
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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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Dicraeosauridae Unranked clade
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Smitanosaurus Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇺🇸 United States
1
Geological formations
Morrison
1
Temporal distribution
Tithonian (149.2–143.1 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Smitanosaurus agilis 152 Ma
Images 2
Bibliography
Original description
J. A. Whitlock and J. A. Wilson Mantilla. 2020. The Late Jurassic sauropod dinosaur ‘Morosaurus’ agilis Marsh, 1889 reexamined and reinterpreted as a dicraeosaurid. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 40(5):e1780600:1-28 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
C. W. Gilmore. 1907. The type of the Jurassic reptile Morosaurus agilis redescribed, with a note on Camptosaurus. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 32(1519):151-165 DOI ↗