Describer

Jensen, 1985

Time

Jurassic Late Kimmeridgian Tithonian

Classification

Saurischia Sauropodomorpha Sauropoda Diplodocidae Diplodocinae

Diet

Herbivore

Fossilsite

Morrison Formation, Colorado, US

Length

30 meter

Info

Genus - Typespecies

Supersaurus vivianae (Jensen, 1985) > Ultrasauros macintoshi (Jensen vide Olshevsky, 1991) >> Ultrasaurus macintoshi.(Jensen, 1985 preoccupied)

Cervical vertebrae, scapulocoracoid, ischium, proximal causal vertebrae.

Ultrasauros has now been shown to be based on a Supersaurus vertebra.Hence Ultrasauros is a junior subjective synonym of Supersaurus. Named for its immense size, as indicated by a huge shoulder blade, almost two meters in length