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Diplodocines Temporal range: Late Jur****ic to
Early Cretaceous, 155–136.4 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Skeleton of
Galeamopus Scientific classification...
- be reported.
Tschopp et al.’s
analysis placed it as an
indeterminate diplodocine in 2015 due to the lack of
overlap with any
diagnostic Diplodocus postcranial...
- stones) to
break down
tough plant fibers (similar to
modern birds).
Diplodocines have
highly unusual teeth compared to
other sauropods. The
crowns are...
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Leinkupal is a
genus of
diplodocine sauropod known from the
Early Cretaceous (Late
Berriasian to
Early Valanginian stage) of the
Bajada Colorada Formation...
- cross-section.
These traits are in
contrast to the more
fragile cervicals of
diplodocines.
Cervical ribs
acted as
anchors for the
longus colli ventralis and flexer...
- and
finds evidence supporting cladogenesis as a
means of
increasing diplodocine diversity over time, as well as
spatial segregation of
Allosaurus and...
- Giraffatitan, Janenschia, Tornieria, Wamweracaudia,
three unnamed species of
diplodocine sauropods, an
unnamed species of flagellicaudatan, and "The Archbishop"...
- to be
progressively more
closely related to
Diplodocus (making them
diplodocines). In 2015, a specimen-level
phylogenetic study of
diplodocids found that...
- with the
other genera being considered synonyms or
reclassified as
diplodocines.
Brontosaurus has long been
considered a
junior synonym of Apatosaurus;...
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forelimbs than
other sauropods, and
numerous features of the skull.
Diplodocines like
Barosaurus and
Diplodocus have
slenderer builds and
longer necks...
