[D] Titanosaurus montanus
Describer
(Marsh, 1877) - Lydekker, 1877
Time
Jurassic Late Kimmeridgian Tithonian
Classification
Saurischia Sauropodomorpha Sauropoda Diplodocidae Nomina Dubia
Diet
Herbivore
Fossilsite
Morrison Formation, Colorado, US
Fall Under
Atlantosaurus
Info
Atlantosaurus (Marsh, 1877) > Atlantosaurus montanus (Marsh, 1877) - von Huene, 1906 >> Titanosaurus montanus (Marsh, 1877) - Lydekker, 1877 >>> Apatosaurus montanus (Marsh, 1877) >>> Brontosaurus montanus (Marsh, 1877) - Kuhn, 1965
2 1/2 sacral centra. Marsh originally thought it resembled Hadrosaurus and \\\"was some fifty or sixty feet in length, and, when erect, at least thirty feet in height. The long neck of sauropods was not recognized until Cope described Camarasaurus. (Preoccupied by Titanosaurus indicus Lydekker, 1877.
(Marsh, 1877) - Lydekker, 1877
Time
Jurassic Late Kimmeridgian Tithonian
Classification
Saurischia Sauropodomorpha Sauropoda Diplodocidae Nomina Dubia
Diet
Herbivore
Fossilsite
Morrison Formation, Colorado, US
Fall Under
Atlantosaurus
Info
Atlantosaurus (Marsh, 1877) > Atlantosaurus montanus (Marsh, 1877) - von Huene, 1906 >> Titanosaurus montanus (Marsh, 1877) - Lydekker, 1877 >>> Apatosaurus montanus (Marsh, 1877) >>> Brontosaurus montanus (Marsh, 1877) - Kuhn, 1965
2 1/2 sacral centra. Marsh originally thought it resembled Hadrosaurus and \\\"was some fifty or sixty feet in length, and, when erect, at least thirty feet in height. The long neck of sauropods was not recognized until Cope described Camarasaurus. (Preoccupied by Titanosaurus indicus Lydekker, 1877.