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Diplodocus
Taxonomy
Diplodocus was named by Marsh (1878).
It was synonymized subjectively with Amphicoelias by Galiano and Albersdörfer (2010) and Galiano and Albersdörfer (2010).
It was assigned to Atlantosauridae by Marsh (1881) and Sauvage (1882); to Sauropoda by Dollo (1885), Gadow (1898) and Gadow (1901); to Sauropoda by Marsh (1878), Gadow (1897) and Huene (1914); to Sauropoda by Williston (1878) and Joleaud (1922); to Cetiosauridae by Baur (1891) and Tatarinov (1964); to Titanosauridae by Romer (1966); to Diplodocoidea by Xing et al. (2015); to Diplodocinae by Romer (1956), Steel (1970), Swinton (1970), Coombs and Molnar (1981), McIntosh (1990), McIntosh (1990), Hunt and Lucas (1993), Curtice (1995), Bakker (1996), Salgado (1999), Wilson (2002), Taylor and Naish (2005), Salgado et al. (2006), Remes (2006), Royo-Torres et al. (2007), Ruiz-Omeñaca et al. (2008), Mannion et al. (2012), Tschopp and Mateus (2013) and Foster and Peterson (2016); to Diplodocidae by Vetter (1884), Dollo (1884), Marsh (1884), Marsh (1885), Zittel (1890), Winkler (1893), Marsh (1895), Marsh (1896), Marsh (1898), Nopcsa (1901), Hay (1902), Joubert (1908), Huene (1908), Huene (1908), Huene (1909), von Zittel (1911), Tornier (1913), Lull (1924), Huene (1927), Huene (1927), Nopcsa (1928), Huene (1929), Hay (1930), Galton (1977), Madsen and Miller (1979), Charig (1980), McIntosh (1981), Russell (1984), Bonaparte (1986), Bonaparte (1986), Carroll (1988), Miller et al. (1991), Salgado and Bonaparte (1991), Mcintosh et al. (1992), Salgado (1993), Britt and Naylor (1994), Upchurch (1995), Upchurch (1995), Calvo and Salgado (1995), Wilson and Smith (1996), McIntosh (1997), Padian (1997), Ryan and Vickaryous (1997), Dodson (1997), Sereno (1997), Dong (1998), Sereno (1998), Wilson and Sereno (1998), Bonaparte (1999), 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), Suteethorn et al. (2010), Ksepka and Norell (2010), Whitlock (2011), Ibiricu et al. (2012), Mocho et al. (2014), Erickson (2014) and Paulina-Carabajal and Calvo (2021); and to Diplodocinae by Tschopp et al. (2015), Mannion et al. (2019) and Mannion et al. (2021).
It was synonymized subjectively with Amphicoelias by Galiano and Albersdörfer (2010) and Galiano and Albersdörfer (2010).
It was assigned to Atlantosauridae by Marsh (1881) and Sauvage (1882); to Sauropoda by Dollo (1885), Gadow (1898) and Gadow (1901); to Sauropoda by Marsh (1878), Gadow (1897) and Huene (1914); to Sauropoda by Williston (1878) and Joleaud (1922); to Cetiosauridae by Baur (1891) and Tatarinov (1964); to Titanosauridae by Romer (1966); to Diplodocoidea by Xing et al. (2015); to Diplodocinae by Romer (1956), Steel (1970), Swinton (1970), Coombs and Molnar (1981), McIntosh (1990), McIntosh (1990), Hunt and Lucas (1993), Curtice (1995), Bakker (1996), Salgado (1999), Wilson (2002), Taylor and Naish (2005), Salgado et al. (2006), Remes (2006), Royo-Torres et al. (2007), Ruiz-Omeñaca et al. (2008), Mannion et al. (2012), Tschopp and Mateus (2013) and Foster and Peterson (2016); to Diplodocidae by Vetter (1884), Dollo (1884), Marsh (1884), Marsh (1885), Zittel (1890), Winkler (1893), Marsh (1895), Marsh (1896), Marsh (1898), Nopcsa (1901), Hay (1902), Joubert (1908), Huene (1908), Huene (1908), Huene (1909), von Zittel (1911), Tornier (1913), Lull (1924), Huene (1927), Huene (1927), Nopcsa (1928), Huene (1929), Hay (1930), Galton (1977), Madsen and Miller (1979), Charig (1980), McIntosh (1981), Russell (1984), Bonaparte (1986), Bonaparte (1986), Carroll (1988), Miller et al. (1991), Salgado and Bonaparte (1991), Mcintosh et al. (1992), Salgado (1993), Britt and Naylor (1994), Upchurch (1995), Upchurch (1995), Calvo and Salgado (1995), Wilson and Smith (1996), McIntosh (1997), Padian (1997), Ryan and Vickaryous (1997), Dodson (1997), Sereno (1997), Dong (1998), Sereno (1998), Wilson and Sereno (1998), Bonaparte (1999), 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), Suteethorn et al. (2010), Ksepka and Norell (2010), Whitlock (2011), Ibiricu et al. (2012), Mocho et al. (2014), Erickson (2014) and Paulina-Carabajal and Calvo (2021); and to Diplodocinae by Tschopp et al. (2015), Mannion et al. (2019) and Mannion et al. (2021).
Species
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1878 | Diplodocus Marsh p. 412 |
1878 | Diplodocus Williston p. 45 |
1881 | Diplodocus Marsh |
1882 | Diplodocus Sauvage p. 35 |
1884 | Diplodocus Dollo p. 298 |
1884 | Diplodocus Marsh p. 68 |
1884 | Diplodocus Vetter p. 351 |
1885 | Diplodocus Dollo p. 37 |
1885 | Diplodocus Marsh p. 764 |
1890 | Diplodocus Zittel p. 716 |
1891 | Diplodocus Baur p. 450 |
1893 | Diplodocus Winkler p. 101 |
1895 | Diplodocus Marsh |
1896 | Diplodocus Marsh p. 241 |
1897 | Diplodocus Gadow p. 204 |
1898 | Diplodocus Gadow p. 22 |
1898 | Diplodocus Marsh p. 158 |
1901 | Diplodocus Gadow p. 418 |
1901 | Diplodocus Nopcsa p. 207 |
1902 | Diplodocus Hay p. 486 |
1908 | Diplodocus Huene p. 297 |
1908 | Diplodocus Joubert p. 270 |
1909 | Diplodocus Huene p. 14 |
1911 | Diplodocus von Zittel p. 288 |
1913 | Diplodocus Tornier p. 370 |
1914 | Diplodocus Huene p. 157 |
1922 | Diplodocus Joleaud p. 61 |
1924 | Diplodocus Lull p. 236 |
1927 | Diplodocus Huene p. 125 |
1928 | Diplodocus Nopcsa p. 184 |
1929 | Diplodocus Huene p. 118 |
1930 | Diplodocus Hay p. 197 |
1956 | Diplodocus Romer p. 624 |
1964 | Diplodocus Tatarinov p. 545 |
1966 | Diplodocus Romer p. 370 |
1970 | Diplodocus Steel p. 80 |
1970 | Diplodocus Swinton p. 180 |
1977 | Diplodocus Galton p. 230 |
1979 | Diplodocus Madsen and Miller p. 5 |
1980 | Diplodocus Charig p. 239 |
1981 | Diplodocus Coombs, Jr. and Molnar p. 356 |
1981 | Diplodocus McIntosh p. 17 |
1984 | Diplodocus Russell p. 23 |
1986 | Diplodocus Bonaparte p. 253 |
1988 | Diplodocus Carroll |
1990 | Diplodocus McIntosh p. 56 |
1991 | Seismosaurus Gillette |
1991 | Diplodocus Miller et al. p. 40 |
1991 | Diplodocus Salgado and Bonaparte p. 343 |
1992 | Diplodocus Mcintosh et al. p. 164 |
1993 | Diplodocus Hunt and Lucas p. 73 |
1993 | Seismosaurus Hunt and Lucas p. 73 |
1993 | Diplodocus Salgado p. 269 |
1994 | Diplodocus Britt and Naylor p. 260 |
1995 | Diplodocus Calvo and Salgado p. 30 fig. 18 |
1995 | Diplodocus Curtice p. 25A |
1995 | Diplodocus Upchurch p. 253 |
1995 | Seismosaurus Upchurch p. 253 |
1995 | Diplodocus Upchurch p. 382 |
1995 | Seismosaurus Upchurch p. 382 |
1996 | Diplodocus Bakker p. 44 |
1996 | Diplodocus Wilson and Smith p. 73A |
1997 | Diplodocus Dodson p. 11 |
1997 | Diplodocus McIntosh p. 656 |
1997 | Seismosaurus McIntosh p. 657 |
1997 | Diplodocus Padian p. 532 |
1997 | Diplodocus Ryan and Vickaryous p. 172 |
1997 | Diplodocus Sereno p. 453 |
1998 | Diplodocus Dong p. 84 |
1998 | Diplodocus Sereno p. 63 |
1998 | Diplodocus Wilson and Sereno p. 17 |
1999 | Diplodocus Bonaparte p. 141 |
1999 | Diplodocus Salgado p. 204 |
2002 | Diplodocus Wilson p. 240 fig. 13 |
2002 | Seismosaurus Wilson p. 249 |
2004 | Diplodocus Harris and Dodson p. 207 fig. 4 |
2004 | Diplodocus Upchurch et al. p. 264 |
2004 | Seismosaurus Upchurch et al. p. 265 |
2005 | Diplodocus Apesteguía p. 256 |
2005 | Diplodocus Foster p. 145 |
2005 | Diplodocus Gallina and Apesteguía p. 159 fig. 5 |
2005 | Diplodocus McIntosh p. 69 |
2005 | Diplodocus Rauhut et al. p. 672 fig. 2 |
2005 | Diplodocus Taylor and Naish pp. 3-4 |
2006 | Diplodocus Chure et al. p. 236 |
2006 | Seismosaurus Chure et al. p. 236 |
2006 | Seismosaurus Herne and Lucas p. 139 |
2006 | Diplodocus Remes p. 664 fig. 9 |
2006 | Diplodocus Salgado et al. p. 704 fig. 9 |
2007 | Diplodocus Royo-Torres et al. p. 184 |
2008 | Diplodocus Ruiz-Omeñaca et al. p. 191 |
2010 | Diplodocus Ksepka and Norell |
2010 | Diplodocus Suteethorn et al. |
2011 | Diplodocus Whitlock |
2012 | Diplodocus Ibiricu et al. p. 226 |
2012 | Diplodocus Mannion et al. |
2013 | Diplodocus Tschopp and Mateus p. 877 fig. 11 |
2014 | Diplodocus Erickson p. 19 |
2014 | Diplodocus Mocho et al. |
2015 | Diplodocus Tschopp et al. |
2015 | Diplodocus Xing et al. |
2016 | Diplodocus Foster and Peterson p. 439 |
2019 | Diplodocus Mannion et al. |
2021 | Diplodocus Mannion et al. |
2021 | Diplodocus Paulina-Carabajal and Calvo p. 5 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. †Diplodocus Marsh 1878
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†Diplodocus carnegii Hatcher 1901
†Diplodocus hallorum Gillette 1991
†Diplodocus longus Marsh 1878
Invalid names: Seismosaurus Gillette 1991 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available