Smitanosaurus agilis Marsh 1889 (dicraeosaurid)

Reptilia - Saurischia - Dicraeosauridae

Alternative combinations: Camarasaurus agilis, Camarosaurus agilis, Morosaurus agilis

Full reference: O. C. Marsh. 1889. Notice of new American Dinosauria. The American Journal of Science and Arts, series 3 38:331-336

Belongs to Smitanosaurus according to J. A. Whitlock and J. A. Wilson Mantilla 2020

See also Carpenter 1999, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Johnson 1931, Marsh 1889, Marsh 1897, Mook 1916, Nopcsa 1901, Pompeckj 1920, Steel 1970, Versluys 1910, Williston 1898 and Zittel 1890

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: USNM 5384, a partial skeleton (Braincase and partial skull roof, proatlases, and first three cervical vertebrae). Its type locality is Felch Quarry 1, Garden Park, 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

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