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Suuwassea emilieae

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Suuwassea emilieae was named by Harris and Dodson (2004). Its type specimen is ANSP 21122, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Rattlesnake Ridge Quarry, which is in a Kimmeridgian terrestrial horizon in the Morrison Formation of Montana. It is the type species of Suuwassea.

It was recombined as Amphicoelias emilieae by Galiano and Albersdörfer (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2004Suuwassea emilieae Harris and Dodson p. 199 figs. 1-3
2005Suuwassea emilieae Gallina and Apesteguía p. 158
2006Suuwassea emilieae Chure et al. p. 236
2006Suuwassea emilieae Harris pp. 88-89 figs. 2-7
2009Suuwassea emilieae González Riga et al. p. 139
2010Amphicoelias emilieae Galiano and Albersdörfer p. 35
2012Suuwassea emilieae Ibiricu et al. p. 227
2012Suuwassea emilieae Knoll et al. p. 2
2012Suuwassea emilieae Salgado et al. p. 609
2013Suuwassea emilieae Tschopp and Mateus p. 325
2014Suuwassea emilieae Dalman p. 174
2015Suuwassea emilieae Tschopp et al.
2018Suuwassea emilieae Maltese et al. p. 2
2019Suuwassea emiliae Gallina et al. p. 1
2021Suuwassea emiliae Ren et al. p. 1878
2021Suuwassea emiliae Windholz et al.
2023Suuwassea emilieae Richmond p. 224

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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
—Diapsida()
RankNameAuthor
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Saurischia()
—Sauropoda()
—Gravisauria
—Eusauropoda
—Neosauropoda
—Diplodocoidea()
—Diplodocimorpha
—Flagellicaudata
—Dicraeosauridae()
genusSuuwassea
speciesemilieae

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.

†Suuwassea emilieae Harris and Dodson 2004
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Body mass estimates
estimateequationreference
 5.95 tons Sauropoda humerus circumferenceAnderson et al. 1985
Measurements
partNmean
fibula circumference1240.0
humerus circumference1402.0
tibia circumference1371.0

Composition: hydroxyapatiteinfrao
Entire body: yesinfrao
Adult length: 10 to < 100infrao
Adult width: 10 to < 100infrao
Adult height: 10 to < 100infrao
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: infrao = infraorder
Reference: Marsh 1875

Age range: Late/Upper Kimmeridgian or 152.21000 to 149.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2USA (Montana) Diplodocoidea indet. (type locality: 38866)