Describer

Hatcher, 1903 / Agassiz, 1845

Time

Jurassic Late Kimmeridgian Tithonian

Classification

Saurischia Sauropodomorpha Sauropoda Cetiosauridae Cetiosaurinae

Diet

Herbivore

Fossilsite

Morrison Formation, Colorado, Wyoming, US

Fall Under

Haplocanthosaurus priscus

Info

Genus

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)

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