[D] Morosaurus agilis NN [Su]
Describer
Marsh, 1889
Time
Jurassic Late Kimmeridgian Tithonian
Classification
Saurischia Sauropodomorpha Sauropoda Cetiosauridae Cetiosaurinae
Diet
Herbivore
Fossilsite
Canyon City Quarry near Garden Park, Morrison Formation, Colorado, US
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Haplocanthosaurus priscus
Length
22 meter
Info
Haplocanthosaurus priscus (Hatcher, 1903) = Haplocanthus priscus (Hatcher, 1903 name preoccupied) >> Haplocanthosaurus utterbacki (Hatcher, 1903)
Haplocanthosaurus priscus > Haplocanthosaurus delfsi (McIntosh & Williams, 1988) >> Morosaurus agilis NN (Marsh, 1889)
Cranium, 3 cervicals.
Morosaurus agilis, is based on an articulated cranium, proatlas, and cervicals 1 to 3 The axis has a small but distinct intercentrum fused to the rostral end of the (true) centrum (Gilmore, 1907). Cervical 3 is elongate, and its spine is directed rostrodorsally.
Collected by M.P. Felch in 1883. The original description was by Marsh in the American Journal of Science, volume 37, page 334, in 1889.
Marsh, 1889
Time
Jurassic Late Kimmeridgian Tithonian
Classification
Saurischia Sauropodomorpha Sauropoda Cetiosauridae Cetiosaurinae
Diet
Herbivore
Fossilsite
Canyon City Quarry near Garden Park, Morrison Formation, Colorado, US
Fall Under
Haplocanthosaurus priscus
Length
22 meter
Info
Haplocanthosaurus priscus (Hatcher, 1903) = Haplocanthus priscus (Hatcher, 1903 name preoccupied) >> Haplocanthosaurus utterbacki (Hatcher, 1903)
Haplocanthosaurus priscus > Haplocanthosaurus delfsi (McIntosh & Williams, 1988) >> Morosaurus agilis NN (Marsh, 1889)
Cranium, 3 cervicals.
Morosaurus agilis, is based on an articulated cranium, proatlas, and cervicals 1 to 3 The axis has a small but distinct intercentrum fused to the rostral end of the (true) centrum (Gilmore, 1907). Cervical 3 is elongate, and its spine is directed rostrodorsally.
Collected by M.P. Felch in 1883. The original description was by Marsh in the American Journal of Science, volume 37, page 334, in 1889.