Diplodocinae

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Diplodocinae
Temporal range: Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous, 155–136.4 Ma
Skeleton of Galeamopus
Skeleton of Galeamopus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Sauropodomorpha
Clade: Sauropoda
Superfamily: Diplodocoidea
Family: Diplodocidae
Subfamily: Diplodocinae
Janensch, 1929
Genera[1]

Barosaurus
Diplodocus
Galeamopus
Kaatedocus
Leinkupal
Supersaurus
Tornieria

Diplodocinae is an extinct subfamily of diplodocid sauropods that existed from the Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous of North America, Europe and South America, about 155 to 136.4 million years ago. Genera within the subfamily include Tornieria, Supersaurus, Leinkupal, Galeamopus, Diplodocus, Kaatedocus[2] and Barosaurus.[1]

Cladogram of the Diplodocidae after Tschopp, Mateus, and Benson (2015).[1]

Diplodocidae

References

  1. ^ a b c Tschopp, E.; Mateus, O. V.; Benson, R. B. J. (2015). "A specimen-level phylogenetic analysis and taxonomic revision of Diplodocidae (Dinosauria, Sauropoda)". PeerJ. 3: e857. doi:10.7717/peerj.857. PMC 4393826. PMID 25870766.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link)
  2. ^ E Tschopp, O Mateus 2013 The skull and neck of a new flagellicaudatan sauropod from the Morrison Formation and its implication for the evolution and ontogeny of diplodocid dinosaurs. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 11 (7), 853-888