Diplodocinae is an extinct subfamily of diplodocid sauropods that existed from the Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous of North America, Europe, Africa and South America, about 161.2 to 136.4 million years ago. Genera within the subfamily include Tornieria, Supersaurus, Leinkupal, Galeamopus, Diplodocus, Barosaurus, and Ardetosaurus.[1][2]
Diplodocines Temporal range: Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous,
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Skeleton of Galeamopus | |
Scientific 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] | |
Cladogram of the Diplodocidae after Tschopp, Mateus, and Benson (2015).[1]
References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ van der Linden, Tom; Tschopp, Emanuel; Sookias, Roland; Wallaard, Jonathan; Holwerda, Femke; Schulp, Anne (October 2024). "A new diplodocine sauropod from the Morrison Formation, Wyoming, USA". Palaeontologia Electronica. 27 (3). doi:10.26879/1380.