Suuwassea emilieae Harris and Dodson 2004 (dicraeosaurid)

Reptilia - Saurischia - Dicraeosauridae

Alternative combinations: Amphicoelias emilieae, Suuwassea emiliae

Full reference: J. D. Harris and P. Dodson. 2004. A new diplodocoid sauropod dinosaur from the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation of Montana, USA. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 49(2):197-210

Belongs to Suuwassea according to E. Tschopp et al. 2015

See also Chure et al. 2006, Dalman 2014, Galiano and Albersdörfer 2010, Gallina and Apesteguía 2005, Gallina et al. 2019, González Riga et al. 2009, Harris 2006, Harris 2006, Harris and Dodson 2004, Ibiricu et al. 2012, Knoll et al. 2012, Maltese et al. 2018, Ren et al. 2021, Salgado et al. 2012, Tschopp and Mateus 2013, Tschopp and Mateus 2013 and Windholz et al. 2021

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: ANSP 21122, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Rattlesnake Ridge Quarry, which is in a Kimmeridgian terrestrial horizon in the Morrison Formation of Montana.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Average measurements (in mm): fibula circumference 240.0, humerus circumference 402.0, tibia circumference 371.0

Estimated body mass: 5.95 tons based on humerus circumference

Distribution: found only at Rattlesnake Ridge Quarry

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