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Species list

  • D. longus (Marsh, 1878) type species
  • D. carnegii (Hatcher, 1901)
  • D. hayi (Holland, 1924)
  • D. lacustris (Marsh, 1884) Misassigned Species - same as D. longus
  • D. reedi (Breihaupt, 1990) Misassigned Species - same as D. carnegiei
  • D. hallorum Misassigned Species - same as Seismosaurus hallorum

    • Name : Diplodocus Species : longus
    Pronounced : di-PLOTT-duh-kus Pronounced : LONG-us
    Meaning : "Double Beam" Meaning : "Long"
    Length :
    27 meters (88')     		Height at hips :
    4 meters (13')     		Weight :
    Less than 12 tons
    Diet : herbivor = plant eater Period : Upper Jurassic
    Superorder :
    Dinosauria     		Order :
    Saurischia     		Suborder :
    Sauropoda     		Family :
    Diplodocidae
    Discovered by:
    Earl Douglass & Samuel Wendell Williston     		When Discovered: 1877 Described by:
    O. C. Marsh     		When Described: 1878
    Fossils found in : (Morrison Formation) Colorado, Wyoming, Utah and Montana
    Charactistics and things of interest:
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