Smitanosaurus Whitlock and Wilson Mantilla 2020 (dicraeosaurid)

Reptilia - Saurischia - Dicraeosauridae

Full reference: J. A. Whitlock and J. A. Wilson Mantilla. 2020. The Late Jurassic sauropod dinosaur ‘Morosaurus’ agilis Marsh, 1889 reexamined and reinterpreted as a dicraeosaurid. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 40(5):e1780600:1-28

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

Sister taxa: Amargasaurus, Amargatitanis, Bajadasaurus, Brachytrachelopan, Dicraeosaurus, Dyslocosaurus, Kaatedocus, Lingwulong, Pilmatueia, Suuwassea, Tharosaurus

Subtaxa: Smitanosaurus agilis

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Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Felch Quarry 1, Garden Park (Jurassic of Colorado)

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