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Flagellicaudata

Reptilia

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1884Diplodocus lacustris Marsh p. 166
1893Diplodocus lacustris Winkler p. 104
1897Diplodocus lacustris Marsh p. 526
1902Diplodocus lacustris Hay p. 486
1916Diplodocus lacustris Mook p. 138
1930Diplodocus lacustris Hay p. 199
1931Diplodocus lacustris Johnson p. 358
1932Diplodocus lacustris Gilmore p. 7
1933Diplodocus lacustris Anonymous p. 306
1970Diplodocus lacustris Steel p. 81
1970Diplodocus lacustris Swinton p. 182
1990Diplodocus lacustris McIntosh p. 349
2001Diplodocus lacustris Carpenter and Galton p. 97
2004Flagellicaudata Harris and Dodson p. 198
2004Diplodocus lacustris Upchurch et al. p. 264
2005Diplodocus lacustris Bedell, Jr. and Trexler p. 303
2005Flagellicaudata Gallina and Apesteguía p. 159 fig. 5
2005Flagellicaudata Taylor and Naish p. 3
2006Diplodocus lacustris Chure et al. p. 236
2006Flagellicaudata Harris p. 1092
2006Flagellicaudata Salgado et al. p. 704 fig. 9
2009Flagellicaudata Remes p. 26
2011Flagellicaudata Whitlock
2012Flagellicaudata Ibiricu et al. p. 220
2013Flagellicaudata Tschopp and Mateus p. 877 fig. 11
2014Flagellicaudata Gallina et al. p. 2 fig. 4
2015Flagellicaudata Tschopp et al.
2019Flagellicaudata Mannion et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
RankNameAuthor
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Saurischia()
—Sauropoda()
—Gravisauria
—Eusauropoda
—Neosauropoda
—Diplodocoidea()
—Diplodocimorpha
—Flagellicaudata
—Flagellicaudata

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.

Unr. †Flagellicaudata Harris and Dodson 2004
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Unr. †Dicraeosauridae Huene 1927 [dicraeosaurid]
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G. †Amargasaurus Bonaparte 1984
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†Amargasaurus cazaui Salgado and Bonaparte 1991
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Invalid names: Amargasaurus groeberi Bonaparte 1984 [replaced]
G. †Amargatitanis Apesteguía 2007 [Amarga titan]
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†Amargatitanis macni Apesteguía 2007
G. †Bajadasaurus Gallina et al. 2019
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†Bajadasaurus pronuspinax Gallina et al. 2019
G. †Brachytrachelopan Rauhut et al. 2005
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†Brachytrachelopan mesai Rauhut et al. 2005
G. †Dicraeosaurus Janensch 1914
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†Dicraeosaurus hansemanni Janensch 1914
†Dicraeosaurus sattleri Janensch 1914
G. †Dyslocosaurus Mcintosh et al. 1992
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†Dyslocosaurus polyonychius Mcintosh et al. 1992
G. †Kaatedocus Tschopp and Mateus 2013
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†Kaatedocus siberi Tschopp and Mateus 2013
G. †Lingwulong Xu et al. 2018
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†Lingwulong shenqi Xu et al. 2018
G. †Pilmatueia Coria et al. 2019
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†Pilmatueia faundezi Coria et al. 2019
G. †Smitanosaurus Whitlock and Wilson Mantilla 2020
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†Smitanosaurus agilis Marsh 1889
G. †Suuwassea Harris and Dodson 2004
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†Suuwassea emilieae Harris and Dodson 2004
G. †Tharosaurus Bajpai et al. 2023
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†Tharosaurus indicus Bajpai et al. 2023
Unr. †Diplodocidae Marsh 1884 [diplodocid]
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Subfm. †Apatosaurinae Janensch 1929
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G. †Apatosaurus Marsh 1877
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†Apatosaurus ajax Marsh 1877
†Apatosaurus louisae Holland 1915
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Invalid names: Apatosaurus laticollis Marsh 1879 [synonym]
Invalid names: Titanosaurus Marsh 1877 [synonym]
G. †Brontosaurus Marsh 1879
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†Brontosaurus excelsus Marsh 1879
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Invalid names: Brontosaurus amplus Marsh 1881 [synonym]
†Brontosaurus parvus Peterson and Gilmore 1902
†Brontosaurus yahnahpin Filla and Redman 1994
Invalid names: Brontosaurus giganteus Anonymous 1898 [nomen nudum], Elosaurus Peterson and Gilmore 1902 [synonym], Eobrontosaurus Bakker 1998 [synonym]
Invalid names: Atlantosaurus immanis Marsh 1878 [nomen dubium]
Unr. †Diplodocinae Janensch 1929 [diplodocine]
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G. †Ardetosaurus van der Linden et al. 2024
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†Ardetosaurus viator van der Linden et al. 2024
G. †Barosaurus Marsh 1890
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†Barosaurus lentus Marsh 1890
Invalid names: Barosaurus gracilis Russell et al. 1980 [nomen nudum], Gigantosaurus Fraas 1908 [synonym]
G. †Dinheirosaurus Bonaparte and Mateus 1999
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†Dinheirosaurus lourinhanensis Bonaparte and Mateus 1999
G. †Diplodocus Marsh 1878
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†Diplodocus carnegii Hatcher 1901
†Diplodocus hallorum Gillette 1991
†Diplodocus longus Marsh 1878
Invalid names: Seismosaurus Gillette 1991 [synonym]
G. †Galeamopus Tschopp et al. 2015
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†Galeamopus hayi Holland 1924
†Galeamopus pabsti Tschopp and Mateus 2017
G. †Leinkupal Gallina et al. 2014
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†Leinkupal laticauda Gallina et al. 2014
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]
G. †Tornieria Sternfeld 1911
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†Tornieria africana Fraas 1908
Invalid names: Dicraeosaurinae Janensch 1929 [empty]
Invalid names: Diplodocus lacustris Marsh 1884 [nomen dubium]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteinfrao
Entire body: yesinfrao
Adult length: 10 to < 100infrao
Adult width: 10 to < 100infrao
Adult height: 10 to < 100infrao
Maximum body mass: 100000 kgg
Minimum body mass: 10000 kgg
Thickness: thickinfrao
Architecture: compact or denseinfrao
Form: sphericalinfrao
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partsinfrao
Grouping: gregariousinfrao
Environment: terrestrialinfrao
Locomotion: actively mobileinfrao
Life habit: ground dwellinginfrao
Diet: herbivoreinfrao
Reproduction: oviparousinfrao
Dispersal: direct/internalinfrao
Dispersal 2: mobileinfrao
Created: 2004-12-14 12:49:10
Modified: 2004-12-14 14:49:10
Source: g = genus, infrao = infraorder
References: Peczkis 1995, Marsh 1875

Age range: base of the Bathonian to the top of the Barremian or 168.20000 to 121.40000 Ma

Collections (216 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Jurassic174.7 - 161.5China (Ningxia) Lingwulong shenqi (195171)
Bathonian168.2 - 165.3India (Rajasthan) Tharosaurus indicus (227432)
Bathonian - Callovian168.2 - 161.5Mexico (Puebla) Theropoda indet. (143808)
Middle Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Georgia (Abkhaziya) Diplodocinae indet. (51908)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Tanzania (Lindi) Dicraeosaurus hansemanni (48387)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian157.9 - 152.21USA (Wyoming) Apatosaurus sp., Barosaurus sp., Diplodocus sp. (126540)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Argentina (Chubut) Diplodocidae indet. (172899)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2USA (Wyoming) Apatosaurus sp., Barosaurus sp., Diplodocinae indet. (46460) Apatosaurus sp., Barosaurus sp., Diplodocus sp. (46465) Apatosaurus sp., Diplodocus sp. (57903 75453 176983) Diplodocidae indet. (46462) Diplodocidae indet., Apatosaurus sp., Barosaurus sp., Diplodocus sp. (58510) Diplodocidae indet., Galeamopus pabsti (185607) Diplodocus sp. (46468 46469)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2USA (Montana) Apatosaurus sp., Amphicoelias sp., Diplodocidae indet. (49624) Diplodocinae indet. (69890)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2USA (Colorado) Apatosaurus sp. (49621) Apatosaurus sp., Diplodocus sp. (48171) Diplodocidae indet., Apatosaurus sp., Diplodocinae indet. (154924) Diplodocus sp. (56590)
Kimmeridgian - Early/Lower Tithonian154.8 - 145.06Argentina (Chubut) Brachytrachelopan mesai (51287)
Kimmeridgian - Tithonian154.8 - 143.1USA (Utah) Apatosaurus sp. (58517 96826) Apatosaurus sp., Barosaurus sp. (220417) Apatosaurus sp., Diplodocus sp., Barosaurus sp. (58514) Brontosaurus parvus (58516) Diplodocidae indet. (192428) Diplodocus sp. (58518)
Kimmeridgian - Tithonian154.8 - 143.1USA (Arizona) Apatosaurus sp. (70024)
Kimmeridgian - Tithonian154.8 - 143.1USA (New Mexico) Apatosaurus sp. (38867) Brontosaurus sp. (225131) Diplodocidae indet. (22717) Diplodocinae indet. (51992) Diplodocus carnegiei (38872)
Kimmeridgian - Tithonian154.8 - 143.1USA (South Dakota) Barosaurus lentus (49631) Barosaurus lentus, Barosaurus affinis (57905) Diplodocus sp. (57904)
Kimmeridgian - Tithonian154.8 - 143.1Spain (Teruel) Diplodocinae indet. (85290)
Kimmeridgian - Tithonian154.8 - 143.1Spain (Asturias) Diplodocinae indet. (91469)
Kimmeridgian - Tithonian154.8 - 143.1Portugal (Centro) Diplodocinae indet. (219240)
Kimmeridgian - Tithonian154.8 - 143.1USA (Wyoming) Apatosaurus excelsus (57898 57900 57902 142335 142336 142337) Apatosaurus sp. (39339 48837 49628 55486 57894 57896 58512 192748 207747 207748 231567) Apatosaurus sp., Apatosaurus louisae (52815) Apatosaurus sp., Barosaurus sp. (39342) Apatosaurus sp., Diplodocidae indet. (227262) Apatosaurus sp., Diplodocus sp. (55320 207749) Apatosaurus yahnahpin (55487 230771) Barosaurus lentus (49637) Barosaurus sp. (49634) Brontosaurus amplus (39369) Brontosaurus excelsus (39368) Brontosaurus giganteus (221673) Brontosaurus sp. (55323 74000 188398) Diplodocidae indet. (58507 62576) Diplodocidae indet., Apatosaurus sp., Diplodocus sp., Diplodocus longus, Diplodocinae indet., Galeamopus hayi, Galeamopus pabsti, Brontosaurus sp. (22648) Diplodocidae indet., Galeamopus sp., Apatosaurus sp., Diplodocus longus (58509) Diplodocinae indet. (39337) Diplodocinae indet., Apatosaurus sp. (49636) Diplodocus carnegii (48565 57897 68100) Diplodocus carnegii, Brontosaurus sp. (13352) Diplodocus longus (168056) Diplodocus sp. (13212 13214 39253 39344 39370 55483 58513 142334 190894 230770 230774 231553 231565 231569 231572) Diplodocus sp., Apatosaurus sp. (49627) Dyslocosaurus polyonychius (106532) Elosaurus parvus, Brontosaurus sp. (52816) Supersaurus sp. (74664)
Kimmeridgian - Tithonian154.8 - 143.1USA (Montana) Sauropoda indet. (50714 231532) Suuwassea sp. (238787)
Kimmeridgian - Tithonian154.8 - 143.1USA (Colorado) Amphicoelias altus (48130) Apatosaurinae indet. (48146) Apatosaurus ajax, Atlantosaurus immanis, Apatosaurus laticollis (13341) Apatosaurus laticollis (48128) Apatosaurus sp. (231617) Apatosaurus sp., Barosaurus sp., Diplodocidae indet. (11611) Barosaurus sp. (49622) Camarasaurus sp. (39377) Diplodocidae indet. (231533 231618) Diplodocus sp. (25141 48169 56599 68097) Diplodocus sp., Apatosaurus ajax (39376) Diplodocus sp., Brontosaurus excelsus (36576) Sauropoda indet. (177497)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Portugal (Lourinhã) Dinheirosaurus sp. (205809)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2USA (Wyoming) Diplodocus sp., Apatosaurus sp. (22650)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Portugal (Oeste e Vale do Tejo) Flagellicaudata indet. (239793)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Tanzania (Lindi) Barosaurus africanus, Dicraeosaurus hansemanni (47151) Dicraeosaurus hansemanni (47149) Flagellicaudata indet., Dicraeosaurus hansemanni, Barosaurus africanus (47153)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Germany (Niedersachsen) Diplodocidae indet. (51859)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2USA (Montana) Diplodocoidea indet. (38866)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Portugal (Centro) Diplodocidae indet. (156123) Diplodocidae indet., Flagellicaudata indet. (68904) Sauropoda indet. (49304)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian - Early/Lower Tithonian152.21 - 145.06Portugal (Centro) Diplodocinae indet. (47431) Diplodocoidea indet. (38680) Flagellicaudata indet. (233187)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian - Early/Lower Tithonian152.21 - 145.06USA (Wyoming) Apatosaurus sp., Diplodocus sp., Brachiosaurus sp. (49577) Diplodocus sp. (47065)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian - Early/Lower Tithonian152.21 - 145.06USA (Colorado) Apatosaurus sp., Barosaurus sp., Dystylosaurus edwini, Diplodocoidea indet., Ultrasaurus sp., Sauropoda indet. (45975) Diplodocidae indet., Apatosaurus ajax, Diplodocus lacustris (28382) Diplodocidae indet., Diplodocus longus, Brontosaurus sp., Morosaurus agilis, Diplodocinae indet., Diplodocus sp., Galeamopus sp. (28366)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian - Tithonian152.21 - 143.1USA (Oklahoma) Apatosaurus sp. (56422) Apatosaurus sp., Diplodocus sp. (49596 49597) Diplodocidae indet., Diplodocus sp., Diplodocinae indet., Apatosaurus parvus, Brontosaurus excelsus (49338)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian - Tithonian152.21 - 143.1Tanzania (Lindi) Barosaurus africanus (48368) Dicraeosaurus sattleri (48375) Dicraeosaurus sp. (48383)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian - Tithonian152.21 - 143.1USA (Colorado) Apatosaurus sp. (38883 70032 207744 231621)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian - Tithonian152.21 - 143.1USA (Wyoming) Barosaurus sp., Diplodocus sp. (22678) Diplodocus sp. (74663)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06USA (Wyoming) Diplodocus sp. (56654)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06USA (Utah) Apatosaurus sp. (231581) Apatosaurus sp., Barosaurus sp., Barosaurus lentus, Apatosaurus louisae, Diplodocus hallorum, Diplodocinae indet., Diplodocus sp. (21852)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06USA (Colorado) Apatosaurus sp., Diplodocus sp. (71476)
Middle Tithonian149.2 - 143.1USA (Utah) Diplodocidae indet. (52110)
Middle Tithonian - Late/Upper Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Portugal (Centro) Diplodocidae indet. (49248) Diplodocinae indet. (49253)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Zimbabwe (Mashonaland North) Barosaurus sp., Dicraeosaurus sp. (49100)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1USA (South Dakota) Apatosaurus sp. (49625 49630) Diplodocinae indet. (132242)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1USA (Wyoming) Diplodocus sp. (39347 55482)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1USA (Utah) Apatosaurus sp. (225118 231582) Apatosaurus sp., Brontosaurus sp., Diplodocus sp. (46439) Diplodocus sp. (22711)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1USA (Colorado) Apatosaurus excelsus (48161) Diplodocidae indet. (53040 58811) Diplodocus sp. (48162 48163 48166)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Chile (Aisén) Diplodocinae indet., Diplodocidae indet. (83734)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Tanzania (Lindi) Barosaurus africanus (47122 47140 47144 47156 47160 48350 48365 48376 97538) Barosaurus africanus, Dicraeosaurus hansemanni (48385) Dicraeosaurus sattleri (47138 47141 47184 48342 48349) Dicraeosaurus sattleri, Barosaurus africanus (47182) Dicraeosaurus sp. (48374) Dicraeosaurus sp., Dicraeosaurus sattleri (47185) Diplodocidae indet. (97544) Diplodocidae indet., Dicraeosaurus sattleri (48344) Flagellicaudata indet., Barosaurus africanus (48358) Gigantosaurus africanus (47181) Sauropoda indet. (47183) Tornieria sp. (121195)
Berriasian143.1 - 137.05Spain (Castilla y Leon) Diplodocidae indet. (201814)
Berriasian - Valanginian143.1 - 132.6South Africa (Eastern Cape) Dicraeosauridae indet. (174952)
Berriasian - Hauterivian143.1 - 125.77South Africa (Eastern Cape) Diplodocinae indet. (174953 174954)
Berriasian - Barremian143.1 - 121.4Brazil (Bahia) Dinosauria indet. (55209)
Late/Upper Berriasian - Valanginian139.1 - 132.6Argentina (Neuquén) Leinkupal laticauda, Dicraeosauridae indet. (156241)
Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Argentina (Neuquén) Dicraeosauridae indet., Diplodocidae indet., Dicraeosauridae indet. (193674)
Late/Upper Hauterivian - Early/Lower Barremian132.6 - 121.4Brazil (Bahia) Diplodocidae indet. (94537)
Barremian125.77 - 121.4Argentina (Neuquén) Amargasaurus cazaui, Dicraeosauridae indet. (213290) Amargatitanis macni (195197) Diplodocidae indet., Amargasaurus groeberi (13333)