Reptilia - Saurischia - Dicraeosauridae
Alternative spelling: Dikraeosaurus
Full reference: W. Janensch. 1914. Übersicht über die Wirbeltierfauna der Tendaguru-Schichten [Overview of the vertebrate fauna of the Tendaguru beds]. Archiv für Biontologie 3:81-110
Parent taxon: Dicraeosauridae according to P. A. Gallina et al. 2019
See also Apesteguía 2007, Berman and McIntosh 1978, Bonaparte 1986, Bonaparte 1986, Bonaparte 1986, Bonaparte 1996, Bonaparte 1999, Calvo and Salgado 1995, Carroll 1988, Charig 1967, Charig 1980, Dong 1998, Gallina and Apesteguía 2005, Harris and Dodson 2004, Huene 1927, Huene 1929, Hunt et al. 1995, Ibiricu et al. 2012, Jacobs et al. 1996, Janensch 1914, Ksepka and Norell 2010, Kurzanov and Bannikov 1983, Kurzanov and Bannikov 1983, Lull 1924, Mannion et al. 2012, Mannion et al. 2019, McIntosh 1990, McIntosh 1990, McIntosh 1997, McIntosh 2005, Mocho et al. 2014, Molnar 1980, Nopcsa 1928, Paulina-Carabajal and Calvo 2021, Rauhut et al. 2005, Remes 2006, Romer 1956, Romer 1966, Salgado 1993, Salgado 1999, Salgado and Bonaparte 1991, Salgado and Calvo 1992, Salgado et al. 2006, Salgado and Coria 2005, Sereno 1997, Sereno 1998, Steel 1970, Suteethorn et al. 2010, Swinton 1970, Tatarinov 1964, Taylor and Naish 2005, Tschopp and Mateus 2013, Upchurch 1995, Upchurch 1995, Upchurch et al. 2004, Whitlock 2011, Wilson 2002, Wilson et al. 2009, Wilson and Sereno 1998, Wilson and Smith 1996, Xing et al. 2015 and Xu et al. 2018
Sister taxa: Amargasaurus, Amargatitanis, Bajadasaurus, Brachytrachelopan, Dyslocosaurus, Kaatedocus, Lingwulong, Pilmatueia, Smitanosaurus, Suuwassea, Tharosaurus
Subtaxa: Dicraeosaurus hansemanni Dicraeosaurus sattleri
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Tanzania (17 collections), Zimbabwe (1)
Total: 18 collections including 19 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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