Describer

Marsh, 1878

Time

Jurassic Late Kimmeridgian Tithonian

Classification

Saurischia Sauropodomorpha Sauropoda Diplodocidae Diplodocinae

Diet

Herbivore

Fossilsite

Morrison Formation, Colorado, US

Fall Under

Apatosaurus

Info

Apatosaurus = Brontosaurus (Marsh, 1879) Elosaurus (Peterson & Gilmore, 1902)

Apatosaurus > Apatosaurus ajax = Atlantosaurus ajax (Marsh, 1877) - Steel, 1970 = Brontosaurus ajax (Marsh, 1877) - Bakker, 1986 = Atlantosaurus laticollis (Marsh, 1879) - Steel, 1970 = Atlantosaurus excelsus (Marsh, 1879) - Steel, 1970 = Camarasaurus excelsus (Marsh, 1879) - Osborn vide von Huene, 1929 = Apatosaurus amplus (Marsh, 1881) - Gilmore, 1936 = Atlantosaurus amplus (Marsh, 1881) - Steel, 1970

Apatosaurus > Apatosaurus ajax (Marsh, 1877) >> Apatosaurus laticollis (Marsh, 1879) Atlantosaurus immanis (Marsh, 1878)

Apatosaurus > Apatosaurus excelsus (Marsh, 1879) >> Brontosaurus excelsus (Marsh, 1879) >>> Brontosaurus amplus (Marsh, 1881) Elosaurus parvus (Peterson & Gilmore, 1902)

Apatosaurus > Apatosaurus louisae (Holland, 1915) = Atlantosaurus louisae (Holland, 1915) - Steel, 1970 = Brontosaurus louisae (Holland, 1915) - Bakker, 1986

Isolated femur