Reptilia - Saurischia - Rebbachisauridae
Alternative combinations: Amphicoelias fragillimus, Amphicoelias fragillium
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1878. A new species of Amphicoelias. The American Naturalist 12:563-564
Belongs to Maraapunisaurus according to K. Carpenter 2018
See also Carpenter 1997, Carpenter 2006, Chure et al. 2006, Cope 1878, Cope 1891, Decker 2012, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Mateus 2006, McIntosh 1990, Mook 1916, Osborn and Mook 1919, Royo-Torres et al. 2006, Steel 1970, Upchurch et al. 2004 and Woodruff and Foster 2014
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: AMNH FR 5777 (lost), a set of vertebrae (Dorsal neural arch, femur). Its type locality is Cope Quarry III, Cope's Nipple, which is in a Tithonian dry floodplain mudstone in the Morrison Formation of Colorado.
Distribution: found only at Cope Quarry III, Cope's Nipple
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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