Apatosaurus

Taxonavigation

Apatosaurus louisae

Taxonavigation: Diplodocoidea

Main Page Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Chordata Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Reptilia Subclassis: Diapsida Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha Divisio: Archosauria Subsectio: Ornithodira Superordo: Dinosauria Ordo: Saurischia Taxon: Eusaurischia Subordo: Sauropodomorpha Infraordo: Sauropoda Taxon: Eusauropoda Taxon: Neosauropoda Superfamilia: Diplodocoidea

Familia: Diplodocidae
Subfamilia: Apatosaurinae
Genus: Apatosaurus
Species (3): A. ajax – A. excelsus – A. louisae

Check: A. yahnahpin

Name

• Apatosaurus Marsh, 1877

Synonymy

• Brontosaurus

Primary references

• Marsh 1877: Amer. J. Sci., (3) 14, 514.

Selected references

• Balanoff, A.M.; Bever, G.S.; Ikejiri, T. 2010: The braincase of Apatosaurus (Dinosauria: Sauropoda) based on computed tomography of a new specimen with comments on variation and evolution in sauropod neuroanatomy. American Museum novitates, (3677) doi: 10.1206/591.1

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