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Diplodocinae (diplodocine)
Taxonomy
Diplodocinae was named by Janensch (1929).
It was reranked as the unranked clade Diplodocinae by Tschopp et al. (2015), Mannion and Moore (2025).
It was assigned to Titanosauridae by Romer (1956); to Atlantosauridae by Steel (1970), Swinton (1970); to Diplodocidae by McIntosh (1990), McIntosh (1990), Salgado (1999), Wilson (2002), Taylor and Naish (2005), Salgado et al. (2006), Remes (2006), Royo-Torres et al. (2007), Remes (2007), Remes (2009), Mannion et al. (2012), Tschopp and Mateus (2013), Gallina et al. (2014), Foster and Peterson (2016); and to Diplodocidae by Tschopp et al. (2015), Mannion and Moore (2025).
It was reranked as the unranked clade Diplodocinae by Tschopp et al. (2015), Mannion and Moore (2025).
It was assigned to Titanosauridae by Romer (1956); to Atlantosauridae by Steel (1970), Swinton (1970); to Diplodocidae by McIntosh (1990), McIntosh (1990), Salgado (1999), Wilson (2002), Taylor and Naish (2005), Salgado et al. (2006), Remes (2006), Royo-Torres et al. (2007), Remes (2007), Remes (2009), Mannion et al. (2012), Tschopp and Mateus (2013), Gallina et al. (2014), Foster and Peterson (2016); and to Diplodocidae by Tschopp et al. (2015), Mannion and Moore (2025).
Subtaxa
Entered
by M. Carrano on 2005-05-20; modified by P. Mannion on 2021-06-16
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1929 | Diplodocinae Janensch |
| 1956 | Diplodocinae Romer p. 622 |
| 1970 | Diplodocinae Steel p. 80 |
| 1970 | Diplodocinae Swinton p. 180 |
| 1990 | Diplodocinae McIntosh p. 56 |
| 1999 | Diplodocinae Salgado p. 204 |
| 2002 | Diplodocinae Wilson p. 240 fig. 13 |
| 2005 | Diplodocinae Taylor and Naish p. 31 |
| 2006 | Diplodocinae Remes p. 664 fig. 9 |
| 2006 | Diplodocinae Salgado et al. p. 704 fig. 9 |
| 2007 | Diplodocinae Remes p. 655 |
| 2007 | Diplodocinae Royo-Torres et al. p. 184 |
| 2009 | Diplodocinae Remes p. 26 |
| 2012 | Diplodocinae Mannion et al. |
| 2013 | Diplodocinae Tschopp and Mateus p. 877 fig. 11 |
| 2014 | Diplodocinae Gallina et al. p. 2 fig. 4 |
| 2015 | Diplodocinae Tschopp et al. |
| 2016 | Diplodocinae Foster and Peterson p. 439 |
| 2025 | Diplodocinae Mannion and Moore |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Unr. †Diplodocinae Janensch 1929 [diplodocine]
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G. †Barosaurus Marsh 1890
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†Barosaurus lentus Marsh 1890
Invalid names: Barosaurus gracilis Russell et al. 1980 [nomen nudum], Gigantosaurus Fraas 1908 [synonym]
G. †Dinheirosaurus Bonaparte and Mateus 1999
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†Dinheirosaurus lourinhanensis Bonaparte and Mateus 1999
G. †Diplodocus Marsh 1878
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†Diplodocus carnegii Hatcher 1901
†Diplodocus hallorum Gillette 1991
†Diplodocus longus Marsh 1878
Invalid names: Seismosaurus Gillette 1991 [synonym]
G. †Galeamopus Tschopp et al. 2015
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†Galeamopus hayi Holland 1924
†Galeamopus pabsti Tschopp and Mateus 2017
G. †Supersaurus Jensen 1985
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†Supersaurus vivianae Jensen 1985
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Invalid names: Dystylosaurus edwini Jensen 1985 [synonym], Ultrasauros macintoshi Jensen 1985 [synonym]
Invalid names: Dystylosaurus Jensen 1985 [synonym], Ultrasauros Olshevsky 1991 [synonym]
G. †Tornieria Sternfeld 1911
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†Barosaurus africanus gracilis Janensch 1961
†Tornieria africana Fraas 1908
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available