Apatosaurus Marsh 1877 (diplodocid)

Reptilia - Saurischia - Diplodocidae

Synonym: Titanosaurus Marsh 1877

Full reference: O. C. Marsh. 1877. Notice of new dinosaurian reptiles from the Jurassic formation. American Journal of Science and Arts 14:514-516

Parent taxon: Apatosaurinae according to E. Tschopp et al. 2015

See also Apesteguía 2005, Berman and McIntosh 1978, Bonaparte 1986, Bonaparte 1986, Bonaparte 1999, Britt and Naylor 1994, Calvo and Salgado 1995, Carpenter and McIntosh 1994, Carroll 1988, Charig 1980, Chure et al. 2006, Coombs and Molnar 1981, Dodson 1997, Dollo 1884, Dong 1998, Foster 2005, Foster and Peterson 2016, Galiano and Albersdörfer 2010, Gallina and Apesteguía 2005, Galton 1977, Harris and Dodson 2004, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Huene 1908, Huene 1908, Huene 1909, Huene 1927, Huene 1929, Ibiricu et al. 2012, Lull 1924, Madsen and Miller 1979, Mannion et al. 2012, Mansel-Pleydell 1902, Marsh 1877, Marsh 1878, Marsh 1879, Marsh 1881, Marsh 1884, Marsh 1885, Marsh 1893, Marsh 1895, Marsh 1896, Marsh 1897, Marsh 1898, Mateus and Milàn 2010, McIntosh 1981, McIntosh 1990, McIntosh 1990, McIntosh 1997, McIntosh 2005, Mcintosh et al. 1992, Miller et al. 1991, Mocho et al. 2014, Nopcsa 1901, Nopcsa 1928, Quenstedt 1882, Rauhut et al. 2005, Remes 2006, Riggs 1903, Romer 1956, Romer 1966, Russell 1984, Ryan and Vickaryous 1997, Salgado 1993, Salgado 1999, Salgado et al. 2006, Sauvage 1880, Sauvage 1882, Sereno 1997, Steel 1970, Suteethorn et al. 2010, Swinton 1970, Tatarinov 1964, Taylor and Naish 2005, Tornier 1913, Tschopp and Mateus 2013, Upchurch 1995, Upchurch 1995, Upchurch et al. 2004, Upchurch et al. 2004, Van Valen 1969, von Zittel 1911, Whitlock 2011, Williston 1878, Wilson 2002, Wilson and Sereno 1998, Wilson and Smith 1996, Winkler 1893, Xing et al. 2015 and Zittel 1890

Sister taxa: Atlantosaurus immanis, Brontosaurus

Subtaxa: Apatosaurus ajax Apatosaurus louisae

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Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Jurassic of United States (62: Arizona, Colorado, Montana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming collections)

Total: 62 collections including 65 occurrences

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