Genre
Valide Éteint

Brontosaurus

Marsh 1879

Brontosaurus est un genre fossile de dinosaures herbivores sauropodes de grande taille de la famille des diplodocidés. Éteint, il a vécu en Amérique du Nord au Jurassique supérieur entre 156,3 et 146,8 Ma environ. Ses restes fossiles ont été découverts dans les États de l'ouest et du centre des États-Unis dans la formation de Morrison.

Plage temporelle
Trias
Jurassique
Crétacé
Paléogène
Néogène
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
Occurrences PBDB
23
Groupe
Dinosaures
Herbivore Vivant au sol, grégaire Terrestre
Brontosaurus
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Classification
Dinosauria Clade non classé
Saurischia Clade non classé
Sauropodomorpha Clade non classé
Massopoda Clade non classé
Sauropodiformes Clade non classé
Sauropoda Clade non classé
Gravisauria Clade non classé
Eusauropoda Clade non classé
Neosauropoda Clade non classé
Diplodocoidea Clade non classé
Diplodocimorpha Clade non classé
Flagellicaudata Clade non classé
Diplodocidae Clade non classé
Apatosaurinae Sous-famille
Brontosaurus Genre
Sites de découverte 23 sites géolocalisés
Répartition
Principaux pays
🇺🇸 États-Unis
23
Formations géologiques
Distribution temporelle
Tithonien (149.2–143.1 Ma)
23
Espèces (5)
Brontosaurus amplus subjective synonym of Brontosaurus excelsus 155 Ma
Brontosaurus excelsus 155 Ma
Brontosaurus giganteus nomen nudum, species not entered Brontosaurus 155 Ma
Brontosaurus parvus 155 Ma
Brontosaurus yahnahpin 155 Ma
Synonymes (3)
Brontosaurus giganteus nomen nudum, species not entered Brontosaurus
Elosaurus subjective synonym of Brontosaurus
Eobrontosaurus subjective synonym of Brontosaurus
Bibliographie
Description originale
O. C. Marsh. 1879. Notice of new Jurassic reptiles. The American Journal of Science and Arts, series 3 18:501–505 DOI ↗
Bibliographie (15)
E. Tschopp, O. Mateus, and R. B. J. Benson. 2015. A specimen-level phylogenetic analysis and taxonomic revision of Diplodocidae (Dinosauria, Sauropoda). PeerJ 3:e857 DOI ↗
P. Upchurch, Y. Tomida, and P. M. Barrett. 2004. A new specimen of Apatosaurus ajax (Sauropoda, Diplodocidae) from the Morrison Formation (Upper Jurassic) of Wyoming, USA. National Science Museum Monographs 26:1-118
M. V. Connely. 2002. Stratigraphy and Paleoecology of the Morrison Formation, Como Bluff, Wyoming
C. E. Turner and F. Peterson. 1999. Biostratigraphy of dinosaurs in the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation of the Western Interior, U.S.A. Vertebrate Paleontology in Utah, Utah Geological Survey Miscellaneous Publication 99-1:77-114
R. T. Bakker. 1998. Dinosaur mid-life crisis: the Jurassic-Cretaceous transition in Wyoming and Colorado. Lower and Middle Cretaceous Terrestrial Ecosystems, New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 14:67-77
K. Carpenter. 1998. Vertebrate biostratigraphy of the Morrison Formation near Cañon City, Colorado. Modern Geology 23:407-426
B. J. Filla and P. D. Redman. 1994. Apatosaurus yahnahpin: a preliminary description of a new species of diplodocid dinosaur from the Late Jurassic Morrison Formation of southern Wyoming, the first sauropod dinosaur found with a complete set of "belly ribs". Wyoming Geological Association Forty-Fourth Annual Field Conference. Wyoming Geological Association Guidebook 44:159-178
J. S. McIntosh. 1981. Annotated catalogue of the dinosaurs (Reptilia, Archosauria) in the collections of the Carnegie Museum of Natural History. Bulletin of Carnegie Museum of Natural History 18:1-67 DOI ↗
S. R. McKelvey. 1920. The Dinosauria with Special Reference to the Dinosaur of Colorado DOI ↗
C. W. Gilmore. 1914. Osteology of the armored Dinosauria in the United States National Museum, with special reference to the genus Stegosaurus. United States National Museum Bulletin 89:1-136 DOI ↗
E. S. Riggs. 1903. The vertebral column of Brontosaurus. Science 17(427):393-394 DOI ↗
O. A. Peterson and C. W. Gilmore. 1902. Elosaurus parvus: a new genus and species of the Sauropoda. Annals of Carnegie Museum 1:490-499 DOI ↗
Anonymous. 1898. Most colossal animal ever on earth just found out west. New York Journal and Advertiser
O. C. Marsh. 1881. Principal characters of American Jurassic dinosaurs. Part V. The American Journal of Science and Arts, series 3 21:417-423 DOI ↗
O. C. Marsh. 1879. Notice of new Jurassic reptiles. The American Journal of Science and Arts, series 3 18:501–505 DOI ↗