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Apatosaurus
Taxonomy
Apatosaurus was named by Marsh (1877). It is the type genus of Apatosaurinae.
It was synonymized subjectively with Atlantosaurus by Steel (1970); it was synonymized subjectively with Amphicoelias by Galiano and Albersdörfer (2010).
It was assigned to Sauropoda by Williston (1878); to Sauropoda by Marsh (1878), Marsh (1879) and Quenstedt (1882); to Opisthocoelia by Riggs (1903); to Camarasaurinae by Nopcsa (1928); to Atlantosauridae by Marsh (1877), Marsh (1881), Sauvage (1882), Dollo (1884), Marsh (1884), Marsh (1885), Zittel (1890), Marsh (1893), Marsh (1895), Marsh (1896), Marsh (1897), Marsh (1898), Nopcsa (1901), Mansel-Pleydell (1902), Hay (1902), Huene (1908), Huene (1908), Huene (1909), von Zittel (1911), Tornier (1913), Lull (1924), Huene (1929) and Hay (1930); to Brachiosauridae by Tatarinov (1964) and Romer (1966); to Atlantosaurinae by Swinton (1970); to Titanosauridae by Van Valen (1969) and Madsen and Miller (1979); to Apatosauridae by Huene (1927), Galton (1977) and Bonaparte (1999); to Diplodocinae by McIntosh (1990), McIntosh (1990) and Salgado (1999); to Diplodocidae by Berman and McIntosh (1978), Charig (1980), McIntosh (1981), Russell (1984), Bonaparte (1986), Bonaparte (1986), Carroll (1988), Miller et al. (1991), Mcintosh et al. (1992), Salgado (1993), Britt and Naylor (1994), Carpenter and McIntosh (1994), Upchurch (1995), Upchurch (1995), Calvo and Salgado (1995), Wilson and Smith (1996), McIntosh (1997), Ryan and Vickaryous (1997), Dodson (1997), Sereno (1997), Dong (1998), Wilson and Sereno (1998), Wilson (2002), Upchurch et al. (2004), Upchurch et al. (2004), Harris and Dodson (2004), Apesteguía (2005), Foster (2005), McIntosh (2005), Gallina and Apesteguía (2005), Rauhut et al. (2005), Chure et al. (2006), Salgado et al. (2006), Remes (2006), Suteethorn et al. (2010), Mateus and Milàn (2010), Whitlock (2011), Ibiricu et al. (2012), Mannion et al. (2012), Tschopp and Mateus (2013) and Mocho et al. (2014); to Apatosaurinae by Tschopp et al. (2015); to Diplodocoidea by Xing et al. (2015); and to Apatosaurinae by Romer (1956), Coombs and Molnar (1981), Taylor and Naish (2005) and Foster and Peterson (2016).
It was synonymized subjectively with Atlantosaurus by Steel (1970); it was synonymized subjectively with Amphicoelias by Galiano and Albersdörfer (2010).
It was assigned to Sauropoda by Williston (1878); to Sauropoda by Marsh (1878), Marsh (1879) and Quenstedt (1882); to Opisthocoelia by Riggs (1903); to Camarasaurinae by Nopcsa (1928); to Atlantosauridae by Marsh (1877), Marsh (1881), Sauvage (1882), Dollo (1884), Marsh (1884), Marsh (1885), Zittel (1890), Marsh (1893), Marsh (1895), Marsh (1896), Marsh (1897), Marsh (1898), Nopcsa (1901), Mansel-Pleydell (1902), Hay (1902), Huene (1908), Huene (1908), Huene (1909), von Zittel (1911), Tornier (1913), Lull (1924), Huene (1929) and Hay (1930); to Brachiosauridae by Tatarinov (1964) and Romer (1966); to Atlantosaurinae by Swinton (1970); to Titanosauridae by Van Valen (1969) and Madsen and Miller (1979); to Apatosauridae by Huene (1927), Galton (1977) and Bonaparte (1999); to Diplodocinae by McIntosh (1990), McIntosh (1990) and Salgado (1999); to Diplodocidae by Berman and McIntosh (1978), Charig (1980), McIntosh (1981), Russell (1984), Bonaparte (1986), Bonaparte (1986), Carroll (1988), Miller et al. (1991), Mcintosh et al. (1992), Salgado (1993), Britt and Naylor (1994), Carpenter and McIntosh (1994), Upchurch (1995), Upchurch (1995), Calvo and Salgado (1995), Wilson and Smith (1996), McIntosh (1997), Ryan and Vickaryous (1997), Dodson (1997), Sereno (1997), Dong (1998), Wilson and Sereno (1998), Wilson (2002), Upchurch et al. (2004), Upchurch et al. (2004), Harris and Dodson (2004), Apesteguía (2005), Foster (2005), McIntosh (2005), Gallina and Apesteguía (2005), Rauhut et al. (2005), Chure et al. (2006), Salgado et al. (2006), Remes (2006), Suteethorn et al. (2010), Mateus and Milàn (2010), Whitlock (2011), Ibiricu et al. (2012), Mannion et al. (2012), Tschopp and Mateus (2013) and Mocho et al. (2014); to Apatosaurinae by Tschopp et al. (2015); to Diplodocoidea by Xing et al. (2015); and to Apatosaurinae by Romer (1956), Coombs and Molnar (1981), Taylor and Naish (2005) and Foster and Peterson (2016).
Species
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1877 | Apatosaurus Marsh |
1877 | Titanosaurus Marsh p. 87 |
1877 | Apatosaurus Marsh pp. 514-515 |
1878 | Apatosaurus Marsh p. 412 |
1878 | Apatosaurus Williston pp. 44-45 |
1878 | Titanosaurus Williston p. 45 |
1879 | Apatosaurus Marsh pp. 86-88 |
1881 | Apatosaurus Marsh |
1882 | Apatosaurus Quenstedt p. 188 |
1882 | Titanosaurus Quenstedt p. 188 |
1882 | Apatosaurus Sauvage p. 35 |
1884 | Apatosaurus Dollo p. 298 |
1884 | Apatosaurus Marsh p. 68 |
1885 | Apatosaurus Marsh p. 764 |
1890 | Apatosaurus Zittel p. 706 |
1893 | Apatosaurus Marsh p. 437 |
1895 | Apatosaurus Marsh |
1896 | Apatosaurus Marsh p. 241 |
1897 | Apatosaurus Marsh p. 494 |
1898 | Apatosaurus Marsh p. 158 |
1901 | Apatosaurus Nopcsa p. 203 |
1902 | Apatosaurus Hay p. 485 |
1902 | Apatosaurus Mansel-Pleydell p. lxxvi |
1903 | Apatosaurus Riggs |
1908 | Apatosaurus Huene p. 297 |
1909 | Apatosaurus Huene p. 14 |
1911 | Apatosaurus von Zittel p. 285 |
1913 | Apatosaurus Tornier p. 370 |
1924 | Apatosaurus Lull p. 234 |
1927 | Apatosaurus Huene p. 125 |
1928 | Apatosaurus Nopcsa p. 184 |
1929 | Apatosaurus Huene p. 118 |
1930 | Apatosaurus Hay p. 194 |
1956 | Apatosaurus Romer p. 622 |
1964 | Apatosaurus Tatarinov p. 547 |
1966 | Apatosaurus Romer p. 370 |
1969 | Apatosaurus Van Valen p. 624 |
1970 | Apatosaurus Swinton pp. 176-177 |
1977 | Apatosaurus Galton p. 230 |
1978 | Apatosaurus Berman and McIntosh pp. 32-33 |
1979 | Apatosaurus Madsen and Miller p. 5 |
1980 | Apatosaurus Charig p. 239 |
1981 | Apatosaurus Coombs, Jr. and Molnar p. 356 |
1981 | Apatosaurus McIntosh p. 23 |
1984 | Apatosaurus Russell p. 23 |
1986 | Apatosaurus Bonaparte p. 253 |
1988 | Apatosaurus Carroll |
1990 | Apatosaurus McIntosh p. 56 |
1991 | Apatosaurus Miller et al. p. 40 |
1992 | Apatosaurus Mcintosh et al. p. 164 |
1993 | Apatosaurus Salgado p. 269 |
1994 | Apatosaurus Britt and Naylor p. 260 |
1994 | Apatosaurus Carpenter and McIntosh p. 266 |
1995 | Apatosaurus Calvo and Salgado p. 30 fig. 18 |
1995 | Apatosaurus Upchurch p. 253 |
1996 | Apatosaurus Wilson and Smith p. 73A |
1997 | Apatosaurus Dodson p. 11 |
1997 | Apatosaurus McIntosh p. 656 |
1997 | Apatosaurus Ryan and Vickaryous p. 172 |
1997 | Apatosaurus Sereno p. 453 |
1998 | Apatosaurus Dong p. 84 |
1998 | Apatosaurus Wilson and Sereno p. 17 |
1999 | Apatosaurus Bonaparte p. 144 |
1999 | Apatosaurus Salgado p. 204 |
2002 | Apatosaurus Wilson p. 240 fig. 13 |
2004 | Apatosaurus Harris and Dodson p. 207 fig. 4 |
2004 | Apatosaurus Upchurch et al. p. 264 |
2004 | Apatosaurus Upchurch et al. |
2005 | Apatosaurus Apesteguía p. 256 |
2005 | Apatosaurus Foster p. 145 |
2005 | Apatosaurus Gallina and Apesteguía p. 159 fig. 5 |
2005 | Apatosaurus McIntosh p. 69 |
2005 | Apatosaurus Rauhut et al. p. 672 fig. 2 |
2005 | Apatosaurus Taylor and Naish pp. 3-4 |
2006 | Apatosaurus Chure et al. p. 236 |
2006 | Apatosaurus Remes p. 664 fig. 9 |
2006 | Apatosaurus Salgado et al. p. 704 fig. 9 |
2010 | Apatosaurus Mateus and Milàn p. 254 |
2010 | Apatosaurus Suteethorn et al. |
2011 | Apatosaurus Whitlock |
2012 | Apatosaurus Ibiricu et al. p. 226 |
2012 | Apatosaurus Mannion et al. |
2013 | Apatosaurus Tschopp and Mateus p. 877 fig. 11 |
2014 | Apatosaurus Mocho et al. |
2015 | Apatosaurus Tschopp et al. |
2015 | Apatosaurus Xing et al. |
2016 | Apatosaurus Foster and Peterson p. 434 |
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G. †Apatosaurus Marsh 1877
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†Apatosaurus ajax Marsh 1877
Invalid names: Titanosaurus Marsh 1877 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available