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Supersaurus
Taxonomy
Supersaurus was named by Jensen (1985).
It was synonymized subjectively with Amphicoelias by Galiano and Albersdörfer (2010).
It was assigned to Sauropoda by Jensen (1985); to Diplodocidae by Paul (1988), Miller et al. (1991), Britt and Naylor (1994), Upchurch (1995), Curtice et al. (1996), McIntosh (1997), Britt and Curtice (1997), Curtice and Stadtman (2001), Lovelace et al. (2003), Upchurch et al. (2004), McIntosh (2005), Herne and Lucas (2006), Chure et al. (2006), Whitlock (2011), Ibiricu et al. (2012), Mannion et al. (2012), Tschopp and Mateus (2013); to Diplodocinae by McIntosh (1990), Curtice (1995), Salgado (1999), Wilson (2002), Lovelace et al. (2005), Foster and Peterson (2016); and to Diplodocinae by Tschopp et al. (2015), Mannion et al. (2019).
It was synonymized subjectively with Amphicoelias by Galiano and Albersdörfer (2010).
It was assigned to Sauropoda by Jensen (1985); to Diplodocidae by Paul (1988), Miller et al. (1991), Britt and Naylor (1994), Upchurch (1995), Curtice et al. (1996), McIntosh (1997), Britt and Curtice (1997), Curtice and Stadtman (2001), Lovelace et al. (2003), Upchurch et al. (2004), McIntosh (2005), Herne and Lucas (2006), Chure et al. (2006), Whitlock (2011), Ibiricu et al. (2012), Mannion et al. (2012), Tschopp and Mateus (2013); to Diplodocinae by McIntosh (1990), Curtice (1995), Salgado (1999), Wilson (2002), Lovelace et al. (2005), Foster and Peterson (2016); and to Diplodocinae by Tschopp et al. (2015), Mannion et al. (2019).
Synonyms
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1985 | Supersaurus Jensen pp. 701-704 fig. 7 |
| 1985 | Ultrasaurus Jensen pp. 704-707 figs. 1, 3-4 |
| 1985 | Dystylosaurus Jensen p. 707 |
| 1988 | Supersaurus Paul p. 11 |
| 1990 | Dystylosaurus McIntosh p. 384 |
| 1990 | Ultrasaurus McIntosh p. 384 |
| 1990 | Supersaurus McIntosh p. 391 |
| 1991 | Dystylosaurus Miller et al. p. 40 |
| 1991 | Supersaurus Miller et al. p. 40 |
| 1991 | Ultrasaurus Miller et al. p. 40 |
| 1991 | Ultrasauros Olshevsky p. 21 |
| 1992 | Ultrasauros Olshevsky p. 184 |
| 1994 | Dystylosaurus Britt and Naylor p. 260 |
| 1994 | Supersaurus Britt and Naylor p. 260 |
| 1994 | Ultrasaurus Britt and Naylor p. 260 |
| 1995 | Supersaurus Curtice p. 25A |
| 1995 | Ultrasaurus Upchurch p. 253 |
| 1995 | Supersaurus Upchurch p. 382 |
| 1996 | Supersaurus Curtice et al. |
| 1997 | Supersaurus Britt and Curtice p. 196 |
| 1997 | Supersaurus McIntosh p. 657 |
| 1999 | Supersaurus Salgado p. 204 |
| 2001 | Supersaurus Curtice and Stadtman p. 39 |
| 2002 | Supersaurus Wilson p. 249 |
| 2003 | Supersaurus Lovelace et al. p. 73A |
| 2004 | Supersaurus Upchurch et al. p. 265 |
| 2004 | Dystylosaurus Upchurch et al. p. 267 |
| 2005 | Supersaurus Lovelace et al. p. 159 |
| 2005 | Supersaurus McIntosh p. 73 |
| 2006 | Dystylosaurus Chure et al. p. 236 |
| 2006 | Supersaurus Chure et al. p. 236 |
| 2006 | Supersaurus Herne and Lucas p. 145 |
| 2011 | Supersaurus Whitlock |
| 2012 | Supersaurus Ibiricu et al. p. 227 |
| 2012 | Supersaurus Mannion et al. |
| 2013 | Supersaurus Tschopp and Mateus p. 877 fig. 11 |
| 2015 | Supersaurus Tschopp et al. |
| 2016 | Supersaurus Foster and Peterson p. 439 |
| 2019 | Supersaurus Mannion et al. |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. †Supersaurus Jensen 1985
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†Supersaurus vivianae Jensen 1985
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Invalid names: Dystylosaurus edwini Jensen 1985 [synonym], Ultrasauros macintoshi Jensen 1985 [synonym]
Invalid names: Dystylosaurus Jensen 1985 [synonym], Ultrasauros Olshevsky 1991 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: g = genus, infrao = infraorder | |||||
| References: Peczkis 1995, Marsh 1875 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Kimmeridgian to the top of the Early/Lower Tithonian or 152.21000 to 145.06000 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Kimmeridgian - Tithonian | USA (Wyoming) | S. sp. (74664) | |
| Kimmeridgian - Tithonian | USA (Colorado) | Diplodocus sp. (56599) | |
| Late/Upper Kimmeridgian - Early/Lower Tithonian | USA (Colorado) | Dystylosaurus edwini, Ultrasaurus sp., Sauropoda indet. (45975) |