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superfamily · 7 represented species

Diplodocoidea

Diplodocoidea is included in this curated classification as a superfamily within Sauropoda. Its displayed membership follows the simplified relationships used by this dataset.

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Diplodocoidea

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Representative silhouette for Diplodocoidea
3Direct child groups
4Countries represented
155–105 MaDataset range

Branch structure

Direct branches in this dataset

Representative taxa

Dinosaurs in this branch

Jurassic

Diplodocus carnegii

A long, lightly built Morrison Formation sauropod with peg-like front teeth and an extraordinarily long tail. Its famous Carnegie skeleton—and casts sent around the world—made Diplodocus a global museum icon.

herbivore~25 m

Jurassic

Apatosaurus louisae

A powerfully built Late Jurassic diplodocid known from the nearly complete Carnegie Quarry skeleton CM 3018, with an exceptionally thick neck, stout limbs and a long tapering tail.

herbivore~22 m

Jurassic

Brontosaurus excelsus

The classic thunder lizard: a robust Late Jurassic diplodocid from Wyoming with a powerful neck, columnar limbs and an exceptionally long tapering tail.

herbivore~21.5 m

Jurassic

Barosaurus lentus

A rare, exceptionally long-necked diplodocid from the Late Jurassic Morrison Formation, best known from spectacular museum skeletons assembled from partial remains.

herbivore~26 m

Cretaceous

Nigersaurus taqueti

A small, short-necked sauropod with a broad downturned muzzle, extremely delicate skull and more than 500 continually replacing teeth.

herbivore~9 m

Cretaceous

Amargasaurus cazaui

A small, short-necked Patagonian sauropod whose paired cervical neural spines formed one of the most extraordinary silhouettes in dinosaur evolution.

herbivore~9 m

Distribution

Geographic record

United States · Niger · Argentina · Tanzania

Country-level summary of represented seed records, not a complete range map.

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