Apatosaurus

Apatosaurus louisae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Diplodocoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha Cladus: Crurotarsi Cladus: Archosauria Cladus: Avemetatarsalia Cladus: Ornithodira Cladus: Dinosauromorpha Cladus: Dinosauriformes Cladus: Dracohors Cladus: Dinosauria Cladus: Saurischia Cladus: Eusaurischia Cladus: †Sauropodomorpha Cladus: †Bagualosauria Cladus: †Plateosauria Cladus: †Massopoda Cladus: †Sauropodiformes Cladus: †Anchisauria Cladus: †Sauropoda Cladus: †Gravisauria Cladus: †Eusauropoda Cladus: †Neosauropoda Superfamilia: †Diplodocoidea

Familia: †Diplodocidae
Subfamilia: †Apatosaurinae
Genus: †Apatosaurus
Species (2): A. ajax – A. louisae

Name

• Apatosaurus Marsh, 1877

References

Primary references

• Marsh 1877: Amer. J. Sci., (3) 14, 514.

Additional references

• Balanoff, A.M.; Bever, G.S.; Ikejiri, T. 2010: The braincase of Apatosaurus (Dinosauria: Sauropoda) based on computed tomography of a new specimen with comments on variation and evolution in sauropod neuroanatomy. American Museum novitates, (3677) DOI: 10.1206/591.1
• Tschopp, E., Mateus, O. & Benson, R.B.J. 2015. A specimen-level phylogenetic analysis and taxonomic revision of Diplodocidae (Dinosauria, Sauropoda). PeerJ 3: e857. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.857 . PMC: 4393826 . PMID: 25870766 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

беларуская: Апатазаўр
словѣньскъ / ⰔⰎⰑⰂⰡⰐⰠⰔⰍⰟ: Апатосаѵръ
русский: Апатозавр
中文: 迷惑龍

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