Reptilia - Saurischia - Diplodocidae

PaleoDB taxon number: 38669

Synonym: Seismosaurus Gillette 1991 (taxon 66614)

Full reference: O. C. Marsh. 1878. Principal characters of American Jurassic dinosaurs. Part I. American Journal of Science and Arts 16:411-416

Parent taxon: Diplodocinae according to P. D. Mannion et al. 2019

Sister taxa: Barosaurus, Dinheirosaurus, Galeamopus, Kaatedocus, Leinkupal, Supersaurus, Tornieria

Subtaxa: Diplodocus carnegii, Diplodocus hallorum, Diplodocus longus

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Type: Diplodocus longus

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore