Reptilia - Saurischia - Diplodocidae
Alternative combinations: Apatosaurus yahnahpin, Eobrontosaurus yahnahpin
Full reference: B. J. Filla and P. D. Redman. 1994. Apatosaurus yahnahpin: a preliminary description of a new species of diplodocid dinosaur from the Late Jurassic Morrison Formation of southern Wyoming, the first sauropod dinosaur found with a complete set of "belly ribs". Wyoming Geological Association Forty-Fourth Annual Field Conference. Wyoming Geological Association Guidebook 44:159-178
Belongs to Brontosaurus according to E. Tschopp et al. 2015
See also Bakker 1996, Bakker 1998, Filla and Redman 1994, Foster and Peterson 2016, Mateus 2006, Schwarz et al. 2007, Tschopp et al. 2019, Tschopp and Mateus 2013, Tschopp and Mateus 2013 and Wilhite 2005
Sister taxa: Brontosaurus excelsus, Brontosaurus giganteus, Brontosaurus parvus
Type specimen: TATE 001, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Bertha Quarry, Como Bluff, which is in a Kimmeridgian/Tithonian levee sandstone in the Morrison Formation of Wyoming.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of United States (3: Colorado, Wyoming collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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