Kaatedocus Tschopp and Mateus 2013 (dicraeosaurid)

Reptilia - Saurischia - Dicraeosauridae

Full reference: E. Tschopp and O. Mateus. 2013. The skull and neck of a new flagellicaudatan sauropod from the Morrison Formation and its implication for the evolution and ontogeny of diplodocid dinosaurs. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 11(7):853-888

Parent taxon: Dicraeosauridae according to J. A. Whitlock and J. A. Wilson Mantilla 2020

See also Foster and Peterson 2016, Mannion and Moore 2025, Tschopp and Mateus 2013 and Tschopp et al. 2015

Sister taxa: Amargatitanis, Athenar, Dicraeosaurinae, Dyslocosaurus, Pilmatueia, Smitanosaurus, Suuwassea

Subtaxa: Kaatedocus siberi

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Type: Kaatedocus siberi

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Howe Quarry 2 (Jurassic of Wyoming)

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