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Dicraeosaurus sattleri

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Taxonomy
Dicraeosaurus sattleri was named by Janensch (1914). Its type specimen is HMN O, a set of postcrania, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Tendaguru quarry M, which is in a Tithonian estuary/bay marl in the Tendaguru Formation of Tanzania.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1914Dicraeosaurus sattleri Hennig p. 418
1914Dicraeosaurus sattleri Janensch pp. 83, 107-108 figs. 11-12
1915Dicraeosaurus sattleri Lull p. 329
1970Dicraeosaurus sattleri Steel p. 81
1979Dicraeosaurus sattleri Jain et al. p. 206
1990Dicraeosaurus sattleri McIntosh p. 67
1991Dicraeosaurus satleri Salgado and Bonaparte p. 342
1992Dicraeosaurus sattleri Salgado and Calvo p. 337
1999Dicraeosaurus sattleri Salgado p. 209
2004Dicraeosaurus sattleri Upchurch et al. p. 264
2005Dicraeosaurus sattleri Apesteguía p. 252 fig. 12.1
2005Dicraeosaurus sattleri Gallina and Apesteguía p. 158
2005Dicraeosaurus sattleri Salgado and Coria p. 435
2005Dicraeosaurus sattleri Taylor and Naish p. 3
2006Dicraeosaurus sattleri Harris p. 1115
2006Dicraeosaurus sattleri Mateus p. 231
2007Dicraeosaurus sattleri Mezga et al. p. 197
2010Dicraeosaurus sattleri Yates p. 742
2011Dicraeosaurus sattleri Rauhut p. 198
2011Dicraeosaurus sattleri Whitlock p. 333
2012Dicraeosaurus sattlei Coria et al. p. R44
2012Dicraeosaurus sattleri Ibiricu et al. p. 227
2012Dicraeosaurus sattleri Le Loeuff et al. p. 488
2014Dicraeosaurus sattleri Schwarz-Wings and Böhm p. 97

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
RankNameAuthor
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Saurischia()
—Sauropoda()
—Gravisauria
—Eusauropoda
—Neosauropoda
—Diplodocoidea()
—Diplodocimorpha
—Flagellicaudata
—Dicraeosauridae()
genusDicraeosaurus
speciessattleri

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.

†Dicraeosaurus sattleri Janensch 1914
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteinfrao
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100infrao
Adult width: 10 to < 100infrao
Adult height: 10 to < 100infrao
Thickness: thickinfrao
Architecture: compact or denseinfrao
Form: sphericalinfrao
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partsinfrao
Grouping: gregariousinfrao
Environment: terrestrialinfrao
Locomotion: actively mobileinfrao
Life habit: ground dwellinginfrao
Diet: herbivoreinfrao
Reproduction: oviparousinfrao
Dispersal: direct/internalinfrao
Dispersal 2: mobileinfrao
Created: 2005-08-24 13:41:38
Modified: 2005-08-24 15:41:38
Source: g = genus, infrao = infraorder
References: Peczkis 1995, Marsh 1875

Age range: Tithonian or 152.10000 to 145.00000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian - Tithonian155.7 - 145.0Tanzania (Lindi) Dicraeosaurus sattleri (48375) Dicraeosaurus sp. (48383)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Tanzania (Lindi) Dicraeosaurus sattleri (47138 47141 47182 47184 47185 48342 48344 48349) Dicraeosaurus sp. (48374) Sauropoda indet. (type locality: 47183)