Haplocanthosaurus priscus Hatcher 1903 (sauropod)

Reptilia - Saurischia

Alternative combinations: Haplocanthosaurus pricus, Haplocanthus priscus

Synonym: Haplocanthosaurus utterbacki Hatcher 1903

Full reference: J. B. Hatcher. 1903. A new sauropod dinosaur from the Jurassic of Colorado. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 16:1-2

Belongs to Haplocanthosaurus according to J. R. Foster and M. J. Wedel 2014

See also ApesteguĂ­a 2005, Bakker 1990, Bonaparte 1999, Calvo and Salgado 1995, Canudo et al. 2010, Carpenter 1997, Carpenter 1999, Cerda et al. 2015, Chure et al. 2006, Curtice et al. 2023, Decker 2012, Gallina and ApesteguĂ­a 2005, Hatcher 1903, Hatcher 1903, Hatcher 1903, Hay 1930, Huene 1927, Jain et al. 1979, Kuhn 1939, Mannion 2009, Mateus 2006, McIntosh 1981, McIntosh 1990, Molnar 2011, Mook 1916, Osborn and Mook 1919, Salgado 1999, Seitz 1907, Steel 1970, Tschopp et al. 2019, Upchurch et al. 2004 and Wilson and Sereno 1998

Sister taxon: Haplocanthosaurus delfsi

Type specimens:

  • Haplocanthosaurus priscus: CM 572, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Felch Quarry 1, Garden Park (YPM), which is in a Kimmeridgian/Tithonian channel sandstone/claystone in the Morrison Formation of Colorado.
  • Haplocanthosaurus utterbacki: CM 879/10380. Its type locality is Felch Quarry 1, Garden Park (YPM), which is in a Kimmeridgian/Tithonian channel sandstone/claystone in the Morrison Formation of Colorado.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Felch Quarry 1, Garden Park (YPM)

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