Reptilia - Saurischia - Dicraeosauridae
Alternative combination: Dicraeosaurus hansemani
Full reference: W. Janensch. 1914. Übersicht über die Wirbeltierfauna der Tendaguru-Schichten [Overview of the vertebrate fauna of the Tendaguru beds]. Archiv für Biontologie 3:81-110
Belongs to Dicraeosaurus according to G. Bindellini and C. Dal Sasso 2021
See also Apesteguía 2007, Cerda et al. 2015, Charig 1967, Coria et al. 2012, Fischer 1970, Friese 1979, Gallina and Apesteguía 2005, Harris 2006, Hennig 1914, Ibiricu et al. 2012, Ingavat and Taquet 1978, Jain et al. 1979, Janensch 1914, Janensch 1927, Janensch 1931, Janensch 1937, Knoll et al. 2012, Le Loeuff et al. 2012, Lull 1915, Mateus 2006, McIntosh 1990, McIntosh 1990, Mezga et al. 2007, Paulina-Carabajal and Calvo 2021, Rauhut 2011, Salgado 1999, Salgado and Bonaparte 1991, Salgado and Calvo 1992, Salgado and Coria 2005, Schwarz-Wings and Böhm 2014, Steel 1970, Stromer 1932, Swinton 1970, Tatarinov 1964, Taylor and Naish 2005, Tschopp and Mateus 2013, Upchurch et al. 2004, Whitlock 2011 and Windholz et al. 2021
Sister taxon: Dicraeosaurus sattleri
Type specimen: HMN, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Tendaguru quarry m, Kindope, which is in a Kimmeridgian estuary/bay marl in the Tendaguru Formation of Tanzania.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Tanzania (5 collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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