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Diplodocus

Description

Diplodocus (or ) is a genus of diplodocid sauropod dinosaurs whose fossils were first discovered in 1877 by S. W. Williston. The generic name, coined by Othniel Charles Marsh in 1878, is a neo-Latin term derived from Greek διπλός (diplos) "double" and δοκός (dokos) "beam", in reference to the double-beamed chevron bones located in the underside of the tail, which were then considered unique. It is now common scientific opinion that Seismosaurus hallorum is a species of Diplodocus.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4822550https://www.gbif.org/species/4822550
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)38669https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=38669
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Dinosauria : Diplodocidae : Diplodocus
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Diplodocidae : Diplodocus
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SauropsidaHuxley 1864
classReptiliaLaurenti 1768
subclassEureptilia
-RomeriidaGauthier et al. 1988
-Diapsida
-Eosuchia
-NeodiapsidaBenton 1985
-SauriaGauthier 1984
-Archosauromorpha
-CrocopodaEzcurra 2016
-ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
-EucrocopodaEzcurra 2016
-Archosauria
informalAvemetatarsaliaBenton 1999
-OrnithodiraGauthier 1986
-DinosauromorphaBenton 1985
-DinosauriformesNovas 1992
-Dinosauria
-Saurischia
-EusaurischiaPadian et al. 1999
-Sauropodomorpha
-MassopodaYates 2007
-SauropodiformesMartinez et al. 2011
-Sauropoda
-EusauropodaUpchurch 1995
-NeosauropodaBonaparte 1986
-Diplodocoidea
-DiplodocimorphaCalvo and Salgado 1995
-FlagellicaudataHarris and Dodson 2004
-Diplodocidae
-Diplodocinae
genusDiplodocusMarsh 1878
Scientific NameDiplodocus Marsh, 1878
Name Published InAmer. J. Sci., (3) 16
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Diplodocusgenusbelongs to Sauropodastated without evidenceMarsh, 1878
Diplodocusgenusbelongs to Atlantosauridaestated without evidenceMarsh, 1881
Diplodocusgenusbelongs to Diplodocidaestated without evidenceDollo, 1884
Diplodocusgenusbelongs to Sauropodastated without evidenceDollo, 1885
Diplodocusgenusbelongs to Diplodocidaestated with evidenceZittel, 1890
Diplodocusgenusbelongs to Cetiosauridaestated without evidenceBaur, 1891
Diplodocusgenusbelongs to Diplodocidaestated without evidenceWinkler, 1893
Diplodocusgenusbelongs to Sauropodastated without evidenceGadow, 1897
Diplodocusgenusbelongs to Diplodocidaestated without evidenceMarsh, 1898
Diplodocusgenusbelongs to Sauropodastated with evidenceGadow, 1898
Diplodocusgenusbelongs to Diplodocidaestated without evidenceHay, 1902
Diplodocusgenusbelongs to Diplodocidaestated with evidenceTornier, 1913
Diplodocusgenusbelongs to Sauropodastated without evidenceHuene, 1914
Diplodocusgenusbelongs to Diplodocidaestated with evidenceLull, 1924
Diplodocusgenusbelongs to Diplodocidaestated without evidenceHuene, 1927
Diplodocusgenusbelongs to Diplodocidaestated with evidenceNopcsa, 1928
Diplodocusgenusbelongs to DiplodocinaeimpliedRomer, 1956
Diplodocusgenusbelongs to Cetiosauridaestated with evidenceTatarinov, 1964
Diplodocusgenusbelongs to TitanosauridaeimpliedRomer, 1966
Diplodocusgenusbelongs to Diplodocinaestated without evidenceSteel, 1970
Diplodocusgenusbelongs to Diplodocidaestated without evidenceGalton, 1977
Diplodocusgenusbelongs to Diplodocinaestated without evidenceCoombs and Molnar, 1981
Diplodocusgenusbelongs to Diplodocidaestated without evidenceRussell, 1984
Diplodocusgenusbelongs to Diplodocidaestated with evidenceBonaparte, 1986
Diplodocusgenusbelongs to Diplodocidaestated without evidenceBonaparte, 1986
Diplodocusgenusbelongs to DiplodocidaeimpliedCarroll, 1988
Diplodocusgenusbelongs to Diplodocinaestated with evidenceMcIntosh, 1990
Diplodocusgenusbelongs to Diplodocidaestated without evidenceMiller et al., 1991
Diplodocusgenusbelongs to Diplodocidaestated with evidenceSalgado, 1993
Diplodocusgenusbelongs to Diplodocinaestated without evidenceHunt and Lucas, 1993
Diplodocusgenusbelongs to Diplodocidaestated without evidenceBritt and Naylor, 1994
Diplodocusgenusbelongs to Diplodocidaestated with evidenceUpchurch, 1995
Diplodocusgenusbelongs to Diplodocidaestated without evidenceCalvo and Salgado, 1995
Diplodocusgenusbelongs to Diplodocinaestated without evidenceCurtice, 1995
Diplodocusgenusbelongs to Diplodocidaestated without evidenceWilson and Smith, 1996
Diplodocusgenusbelongs to Diplodocinaestated without evidenceBakker, 1996
Diplodocusgenusbelongs to Diplodocidaestated without evidenceDodson, 1997
Diplodocusgenusbelongs to Diplodocidaestated with evidenceDong, 1998
Diplodocusgenusbelongs to Diplodocidaestated without evidenceWilson and Sereno, 1998
Diplodocusgenusbelongs to Diplodocinaestated without evidenceSalgado, 1999
Diplodocusgenusbelongs to Diplodocinaestated with evidenceWilson, 2002
Diplodocusgenusbelongs to Diplodocidaestated with evidenceUpchurch et al., 2004
Diplodocusgenusbelongs to Diplodocidaestated without evidenceHarris and Dodson, 2004
Diplodocusgenusbelongs to Diplodocinaestated without evidenceTaylor and Naish, 2005
Diplodocusgenusbelongs to Diplodocidaestated without evidenceChure et al., 2006
Diplodocusgenusbelongs to Diplodocinaestated without evidenceRemes, 2006
Diplodocusgenusbelongs to DiplodocinaeimpliedRoyo-Torres et al., 2007
Diplodocusgenusbelongs to Diplodocinaestated without evidenceRuiz-Omeñaca et al., 2008
Diplodocusgenusbelongs to Diplodocidaestated with evidenceSuteethorn et al., 2010
Diplodocusgenusbelongs to Diplodocidaestated without evidenceKsepka and Norell, 2010
Diplodocusgenussubjective synonym of Amphicoeliasstated without evidenceGaliano and Albersdörfer, 2010
Diplodocusgenusbelongs to Diplodocidaestated with evidenceWhitlock, 2011
Diplodocusgenusbelongs to Diplodocinaestated without evidenceMannion et al., 2012
Diplodocusgenusbelongs to Diplodocinaestated with evidenceTschopp and Mateus, 2013
Diplodocusgenusbelongs to Diplodocidaestated with evidenceMocho et al., 2014
Diplodocusgenusbelongs to Diplodocinaestated with evidenceTschopp et al., 2015
Diplodocusgenusbelongs to Diplodocoideastated without evidenceXing et al., 2015
Diplodocusgenusbelongs to Diplodocinaestated with evidenceMannion et al., 2019
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)4
First Recorded Appearance161 - 152 Ma
Jurassic
Last Recorded Appearance151 - 145 Ma
Late Jurassic
Environmentterrestrial (based on Sauropoda)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Sauropoda)
Dietherbivore (based on Sauropoda)
Reproductionoviparous, dispersal=direct/internal,mobile (based on Sauropoda)
Ontogenyaccretion,modification of parts (based on Sauropoda)
Taphonomyhydroxylapatite,compact or dense,thick (based on Sauropoda)
Primary Reference (PBDB)O. C. Marsh. 1878. Principal characters of American Jurassic dinosaurs. Part I. American Journal of Science and Arts 16:411-416
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diplodocus

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Diplodocus carnegii
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
3157 Ma
Jurassic
157 Ma
Jurassic
Diplodocus hallorum
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
3157 Ma
Jurassic
151 Ma
Late Jurassic
Diplodocus lacustris
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Diplodocus longus
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
5157 Ma
Jurassic
151 Ma
Late Jurassic

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1878Diplodocus Marsh p. 412
1878Diplodocus Williston p. 45
1881Diplodocus Marsh
1882Diplodocus Sauvage p. 35
1884Diplodocus Dollo p. 298
1884Diplodocus Marsh p. 68
1884Diplodocus Vetter p. 351
1885Diplodocus Dollo p. 37
1885Diplodocus Marsh p. 764
1890Diplodocus Zittel p. 716
1891Diplodocus Baur p. 450
1893Diplodocus Winkler p. 101
1895Diplodocus Marsh
1896Diplodocus Marsh p. 241
1897Diplodocus Gadow p. 204
1898Diplodocus Gadow p. 22
1898Diplodocus Marsh p. 158
1901Diplodocus Gadow p. 418
1902Diplodocus Hay p. 486
1908Diplodocus Huene p. 297
1908Diplodocus Joubert p. 270
1909Diplodocus Huene p. 14
1911Diplodocus von Zittel p. 288
1913Diplodocus Tornier p. 370
1914Diplodocus Huene p. 157
1922Diplodocus Joleaud p. 61
1924Diplodocus Lull p. 236
1927Diplodocus Huene p. 125
1928Diplodocus Nopcsa p. 184
1929Diplodocus Huene p. 118
1956Diplodocus Romer p. 624
1964Diplodocus Tatarinov p. 545
1966Diplodocus Romer p. 370
1970Diplodocus Steel p. 80
1970Diplodocus Swinton p. 180
1977Diplodocus Galton p. 230
1979Diplodocus Madsen and Miller p. 5
1980Diplodocus Charig p. 239
1981Diplodocus Coombs, Jr. and Molnar p. 356
1981Diplodocus McIntosh p. 17
1984Diplodocus Russell p. 23
1986Diplodocus Bonaparte p. 253
1988Diplodocus Carroll
1990Diplodocus McIntosh p. 56
1991Seismosaurus Gillette
1991Diplodocus Miller et al. p. 40
1991Diplodocus Salgado and Bonaparte p. 343
1992Diplodocus Mcintosh et al. p. 164
1993Diplodocus Hunt and Lucas p. 73
1993Seismosaurus Hunt and Lucas p. 73
YearName and Author
1993Diplodocus Salgado p. 269
1994Diplodocus Britt and Naylor p. 260
1995Diplodocus Calvo and Salgado p. 30 fig. 18
1995Diplodocus Curtice p. 25A
1995Diplodocus Upchurch p. 253
1995Seismosaurus Upchurch p. 253
1995Diplodocus Upchurch p. 382
1995Seismosaurus Upchurch p. 382
1996Diplodocus Bakker p. 44
1996Diplodocus Wilson and Smith p. 73A
1997Diplodocus Dodson p. 11
1997Diplodocus McIntosh p. 656
1997Seismosaurus McIntosh p. 657
1997Diplodocus Padian p. 532
1997Diplodocus Ryan and Vickaryous p. 172
1997Diplodocus Sereno p. 453
1998Diplodocus Dong p. 84
1998Diplodocus Sereno p. 63
1998Diplodocus Wilson and Sereno p. 17
1999Diplodocus Bonaparte p. 141
1999Diplodocus Salgado p. 204
2002Diplodocus Wilson p. 240 fig. 13
2002Seismosaurus Wilson p. 249
2004Diplodocus Harris and Dodson p. 207 fig. 4
2004Diplodocus Upchurch et al. p. 264
2004Seismosaurus Upchurch et al. p. 265
2005Diplodocus Apesteguía p. 256
2005Diplodocus Foster p. 145
2005Diplodocus Gallina and Apesteguía p. 159 fig. 5
2005Diplodocus McIntosh p. 69
2005Diplodocus Rauhut et al. p. 672 fig. 2
2005Diplodocus Taylor and Naish pp. 3-4
2006Diplodocus Chure et al. p. 236
2006Seismosaurus Chure et al. p. 236
2006Seismosaurus Herne and Lucas p. 139
2006Diplodocus Remes p. 664 fig. 9
2006Diplodocus Salgado et al. p. 704 fig. 9
2007Diplodocus Royo-Torres et al. p. 184
2008Diplodocus Ruiz-Omeñaca et al. p. 191
2010Diplodocus Ksepka and Norell
2010Diplodocus Suteethorn et al.
2011Diplodocus Whitlock
2012Diplodocus Ibiricu et al. p. 226
2012Diplodocus Mannion et al.
2013Diplodocus Tschopp and Mateus p. 877 fig. 11
2014Diplodocus Mocho et al.
2015Diplodocus Tschopp et al.
2015Diplodocus Xing et al.
2019Diplodocus Mannion et al.

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Amer. J. Sci., (3) 16 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
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