Basic info | Taxonomic history | Classification | Included Taxa |
Morphology | Ecology and taphonomy | External Literature Search | Age range and collections |
Camarasaurus grandis
Taxonomy
Apatosaurus grandis was named by Marsh (1877). Its type specimen is YPM 1905 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Quarry 1, Como Bluff (YPM), which is in a Kimmeridgian/Tithonian wet floodplain claystone in the Morrison Formation of Wyoming.
It was recombined as Morosaurus grandis by Marsh (1878), Marsh (1880), Quenstedt (1882), Zittel (1890), Kehrer (1895), Gaudry (1896), Marsh (1896), Marsh (1897), Williston (1898), Knight (1900), Gadow (1901), Hay (1902), Fraas (1908), Versluys (1910), Lull (1911), von Zittel (1911), Mook (1916), Lull (1919), Pompeckj (1920), Joleaud (1924) and Perrier (1928); it was synonymized subjectively with Camarasaurus impar by Gilmore (1925) and Hay (1930); it was recombined as Camarosaurus grandis by Johnson (1931); it was recombined as Camarasaurus grandis by Steel (1970), Swinton (1970), Ingavat and Taquet (1978), Jain et al. (1979), McIntosh (1981), Rich et al. (1983), Sanz et al. (1987), Paul (1988), McIntosh (1990), Breithaupt (1990), Chenoweth (1991), Mcintosh et al. (1992), Hunt and Lucas (1993), Carpenter and McIntosh (1994), McIntosh et al. (1996), Wilson and Sereno (1998), Carpenter (1999), Tidwell et al. (1999), Wedel et al. (2000), McWhinney et al. (2001), Upchurch et al. (2004), Ikejiri (2005), Apesteguía (2005), Tidwell et al. (2005), Ikejiri et al. (2005), Foster (2005), McIntosh (2005), Gallina and Apesteguía (2005), Mateus (2006), Chure et al. (2006), Moser et al. (2006), Schwarz et al. (2007), Apesteguía (2007), Calvo et al. (2007), Zhang et al. (2009), González Riga et al. (2009), Tschopp et al. (2015), Tschopp et al. (2015), Tschopp et al. (2019), Mocho et al. (2019) and Woodruff et al. (2021).
It was recombined as Morosaurus grandis by Marsh (1878), Marsh (1880), Quenstedt (1882), Zittel (1890), Kehrer (1895), Gaudry (1896), Marsh (1896), Marsh (1897), Williston (1898), Knight (1900), Gadow (1901), Hay (1902), Fraas (1908), Versluys (1910), Lull (1911), von Zittel (1911), Mook (1916), Lull (1919), Pompeckj (1920), Joleaud (1924) and Perrier (1928); it was synonymized subjectively with Camarasaurus impar by Gilmore (1925) and Hay (1930); it was recombined as Camarosaurus grandis by Johnson (1931); it was recombined as Camarasaurus grandis by Steel (1970), Swinton (1970), Ingavat and Taquet (1978), Jain et al. (1979), McIntosh (1981), Rich et al. (1983), Sanz et al. (1987), Paul (1988), McIntosh (1990), Breithaupt (1990), Chenoweth (1991), Mcintosh et al. (1992), Hunt and Lucas (1993), Carpenter and McIntosh (1994), McIntosh et al. (1996), Wilson and Sereno (1998), Carpenter (1999), Tidwell et al. (1999), Wedel et al. (2000), McWhinney et al. (2001), Upchurch et al. (2004), Ikejiri (2005), Apesteguía (2005), Tidwell et al. (2005), Ikejiri et al. (2005), Foster (2005), McIntosh (2005), Gallina and Apesteguía (2005), Mateus (2006), Chure et al. (2006), Moser et al. (2006), Schwarz et al. (2007), Apesteguía (2007), Calvo et al. (2007), Zhang et al. (2009), González Riga et al. (2009), Tschopp et al. (2015), Tschopp et al. (2015), Tschopp et al. (2019), Mocho et al. (2019) and Woodruff et al. (2021).
Synonyms
|
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
---|---|
1877 | Apatosaurus grandis Marsh |
1878 | Apatosaurus grandis King p. 346 |
1878 | Morosaurus impar King p. 346 |
1878 | Morosaurus grandis Marsh |
1878 | Morosaurus impar Marsh |
1878 | Morosaurus robustus Marsh p. 414 figs. Pl. 8, fig. 1-2 |
1880 | Morosaurus grandis Marsh p. 254 |
1880 | Apatosaurus grandis Sauvage p. 523 |
1880 | Morosaurus impar Sauvage p. 523 |
1880 | Morosaurus robustus Sauvage p. 523 |
1882 | Morosaurus grandis Quenstedt p. 188 |
1890 | Morosaurus grandis Zittel p. 709 |
1890 | Morosaurus robustus Zittel p. 711 |
1895 | Morosaurus grandis Kehrer p. 355 |
1896 | Morosaurus grandis Gaudry p. 218 |
1896 | Morosaurus robustus Marsh figs. Pl. 35 |
1896 | Pleurocoelus montanus Marsh p. 40 |
1896 | Morosaurus grandis Marsh p. 181 figs. 31-33 |
1896 | Pleurocoelus montanus Marsh p. 184 figs. 35-41 |
1897 | Morosaurus grandis Marsh p. 498 |
1898 | Morosaurus grandis Williston p. 173 |
1898 | Morosaurus robustus Williston p. 173 |
1900 | Morosaurus grandis Knight p. 384 |
1901 | Morosaurus grandis Gadow p. 419 |
1901 | Apatosaurus grandis Nopcsa p. 203 |
1901 | Morosaurus robustus Nopcsa p. 206 |
1901 | Pleurocoelus montanus Nopcsa p. 207 |
1902 | Morosaurus grandis Hay p. 483 |
1902 | Morosaurus impar Hay p. 483 |
1902 | Morosaurus robustus Hay p. 483 |
1902 | Pleurocoelus montanus Hay p. 483 |
1908 | Morosaurus grandis Fraas p. 142 |
1910 | Morosaurus grandis Versluys p. 214 |
1911 | Morosaurus grandis Lull p. 191 |
1911 | Morosaurus grandis von Zittel p. 286 |
1916 | Morosaurus grandis Mook p. 135 |
1916 | Morosaurus impar Mook p. 137 |
1916 | Morosaurus robustus Mook p. 137 |
1916 | Pleurocoelus montanus Mook p. 139 |
1919 | Morosaurus grandis Lull p. 38 |
1920 | Morosaurus grandis Pompeckj p. 112 |
1924 | Morosaurus grandis Joleaud p. 45 |
1925 | Camarasaurus impar Gilmore p. 352 |
1925 | Camarasaurus robustus Gilmore p. 352 |
1927 | Pleurocoelus montanus Huene p. 457 |
1928 | Morosaurus grandis Perrier p. 3086 |
1930 | Camarasaurus impar Hay p. 191 |
1930 | Camarasaurus robustus Hay p. 191 |
1930 | Astrodon montanus Hay p. 193 |
1931 | Camarosaurus grandis Johnson p. 358 |
1962 | Astrodon montanus Kingham p. 40 |
1970 | Camarasaurus grandis Steel p. 72 |
1970 | Camarasaurus impar Steel p. 72 |
1970 | Camarasaurus robustus Steel p. 72 |
1970 | Camarasaurus grandis Swinton p. 173 |
1978 | Camarasaurus grandis Ingavat and Taquet pp. SP1-2 |
1979 | Camarasaurus grandis Jain et al. p. 206 |
1981 | Camarasaurus grandis McIntosh p. 14 |
1983 | Camarasaurus grandis Rich et al. p. 285 |
1987 | Camarasaurus grandis Sanz et al. p. 59 |
1988 | Camarasaurus grandis Paul p. 8 |
1990 | Camarasaurus grandis Breithaupt p. 8 |
1990 | Camarasaurus grandis McIntosh p. 385 |
1991 | Camarasaurus grandis Chenoweth p. 17 |
1992 | Camarasaurus grandis Mcintosh et al. p. 164 |
1993 | Camarasaurus grandis Hunt and Lucas p. 73 |
1994 | Camarasaurus grandis Carpenter and McIntosh p. 275 |
1996 | Camarasaurus grandis McIntosh et al. p. 92 |
1998 | Camarasaurus grandis Wilson and Sereno p. 20 |
1999 | Camarasaurus grandis Carpenter p. 3 |
1999 | Camarasaurus grandis Tidwell et al. p. 31 |
2000 | Camarasaurus grandis Wedel et al. p. 368 |
2001 | Camarasaurus grandis McWhinney et al. p. 365 |
2004 | Camarasaurus grandis Upchurch et al. p. 266 |
2005 | Camarasaurus grandis Apesteguía p. 253 fig. 12.2 |
2005 | Camarasaurus grandis Foster p. 143 |
2005 | Camarasaurus grandis Gallina and Apesteguía p. 158 |
2005 | Camarasaurus grandis Ikejiri p. 369 |
2005 | Camarasaurus grandis Ikejiri et al. pp. 154-155 |
2005 | Camarasaurus grandis McIntosh p. 62 |
2005 | Camarasaurus grandis Tidwell et al. p. 181 |
2006 | Camarasaurus grandis Chure et al. p. 236 |
2006 | Camarasaurus grandis Mateus p. 231 |
2006 | Camarasaurus grandis Moser et al. p. 46 |
2007 | Camarasaurus grandis Apesteguía p. 542 |
2007 | Camarasaurus grandis Calvo et al. p. 532 |
2007 | Camarasaurus grandis Schwarz et al. p. 247 |
2009 | Camarasaurus grandis González Riga et al. p. 141 |
2009 | Camarasaurus grandis Zhang et al. p. 216 |
2015 | Camarasaurus grandis Tschopp et al. |
2015 | Camarasaurus grandis Tschopp et al. p. 2 |
2019 | Camarasaurus grandis Mocho et al. p. 5 |
2019 | Camarasaurus grandis Tschopp et al. p. 11 |
2021 | Camarasaurus grandis Woodruff et al. p. 119 |
Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data
|
|
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.
†Camarasaurus grandis Marsh 1877
show all | hide all
Invalid names: Morosaurus impar Marsh 1878 [synonym], Morosaurus robustus Marsh 1878 [synonym], Pleurocoelus montanus Marsh 1896 [synonym]
Diagnosis
Reference | Diagnosis | |
---|---|---|
T. Ikejiri 2005 | A species of Camarasaurus with a tall neural arch in dorsal vertebrae from no. 3 to 8, T-shaped neural spine from anterior view of caudal vertebrae from no. 1 to 5 or 6. |