[D] Amphicoelias altus [T]
Describer
Cope, 1877
Time
Jurassic Late Kimmeridgian Tithonian
Classification
Saurischia Sauropodomorpha Sauropoda Diplodocidae Diplodocinae
Diet
Herbivore
Fossilsite
Morrison Formation , Colorado, US
Fall Under
Amphicoelias
Info
Typespecies
Amphicoelias (Cope, 1877) > Amphicoelias altus (Cope, 1877) >> Amphicoelias fragillimus (Cope, 1878).
Amphicoelias altus is known from two dorsal vertebrae, a pubis, a femur, and the arbitrarily assigned scapula, coracoid and ulna, representing a very large diplodocid from the top of the Morrison Formation. McIntosh sees \\\"no reason not to consider Amphicoelias fragillimus a very large individual of Amphicoelias altus\\\". (1998, Modern Geology 23:481-506).