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
Belongs to Kaatedocus according to E. Tschopp et al. 2015
See also Ibiricu et al. 2015, Maltese et al. 2018, Melstrom et al. 2016, Tschopp and Mateus 2013 and Tschopp et al. 2013
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: SMA 0004, a partial skeleton (partial skull (right premaxilla, both maxillae, left lacrimal, both frontals, both postorbitals, both quadratojugals, both quadrates, both squamosals, both pari). Its type locality is Howe Quarry 2, which is in a Kimmeridgian fluvial sandstone in the Morrison Formation of Wyoming.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution: found only at Howe Quarry 2
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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