Genre

Valide Éteint

Diplodocus

Marsh 1878

Étymologie Double poutres

Diplodocus est un genre fossile de très grands dinosaures herbivores sauropodes de la famille des Diplodocidés ayant vécu au Jurassique supérieur, il y a environ entre 154 et 152 Ma, en Amérique du Nord où il a été découvert dans les parties moyenne et supérieure de la formation de Morrison dans les États de l'ouest des États-Unis.

Plage temporelle

Trias

Jurassique

Crétacé

Paléogène

Néogène

252 201 145 66 0 Ma

Occurrences PBDB

Groupe

Dinosaures

Herbivore Vivant au sol, grégaire Terrestre

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Classification

Dinosauria Clade non classé

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Saurischia Clade non classé

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Sauropodomorpha Clade non classé

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Massopoda Clade non classé

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Sauropodiformes Clade non classé

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Sauropoda Clade non classé

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Gravisauria Clade non classé

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Eusauropoda Clade non classé

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Neosauropoda Clade non classé

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Diplodocoidea Clade non classé

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Diplodocimorpha Clade non classé

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Flagellicaudata Clade non classé

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Diplodocidae Clade non classé

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Diplodocinae Clade non classé

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Diplodocus Genre

Mesures

Longueur

26 m ⓘ

Diplodocus carnegii — min connu

30 m ⓘ

Diplodocus hallorum — max connu

32 m ⓘ

Masse

13 500 kg ⓘ

Diplodocus carnegii — min connu

21 000 kg ⓘ

Diplodocus hallorum — max connu

113 000 kg ⓘ

Sites de découverte 66 sites géolocalisés

Répartition

Principaux pays

🇺🇸 États-Unis

Formations géologiques

Morrison

Distribution temporelle

Tithonien (149.2–143.1 Ma)

Kimméridgien (154.8–149.2 Ma)

Oxfordian (161.5–154.8 Ma)

Espèces (3)

Diplodocus carnegii 155 Ma

Diplodocus hallorum 155 Ma

Diplodocus longus 155 Ma

Synonymes (1)

Seismosaurus subjective synonym of Diplodocus

Actualités 2

Une découverte passionnante de fossiles fournit la première preuve définitive de Diplodocus en Europe

vertèbre Espagne fossile Dinosauria Diplodocia +3

La découverte de Diplodocus en Europe a été confirmée suite à l'étude de fossiles de sauropodes de l'est de l'Espagne. Quatorze vertèbres caudales et plusieurs chevrons de Teruel ont été attribués au genre emblématique Diplodocus. Il s'agit de la première preuve définitive de l'existence de ce célèbre dinosaure en dehors de l'Amérique du Nord. Les fossiles proviennent du site de La Tejería

17/09/2026 everythingdinosaur ⚙ Traduction automatique

Diplodocus, longtemps considéré comme exclusivement américain, débarque en Espagne

Espagne fossile Diplodocia Diplodocus

Les paléontologues de la Fundación Dinópolis ont identifié les premiers fossiles confirmés du genre Diplodocus trouvés en dehors de l'Amérique du Nord. L'article Diplodocus, longtemps pensé exclusivement américain, apparaît en Espagne en premier sur Sci.News : Breaking Science News.

14/09/2026 sci-news ⚙ Traduction automatique

Bibliographie

Description originale

O. C. Marsh. 1878. Principal characters of American Jurassic dinosaurs. Part I. American Journal of Science and Arts 16:411-416 DOI ↗

Bibliographie (29)

D. R. Richmond, T. C. Hunt, and R. L. Cifelli. 2020. Stratigraphy and sedimentology of the Morrison Formation in the western panhandle of Oklahoma with reference to the historical Stovall dinosaur quarries. Journal of Geology 128:477-515 DOI ↗

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 ↗

M. Hanson and P. J. Makovicky. 2013. A new specimen of Torvoaurus tanneri originally collected by Elmer Riggs. Historical Biology 26(6):775-784 DOI ↗

G. W. Storrs, S. E. Oser, and M. Aull. 2013. Further analysis of a Late Jurassic dinosaur bone-bed from the Morrison Formation of Montana, USA, with a computed three-dimensional reconstruction. Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 103:1-16 DOI ↗

J. Mathews, S. Williams, and M. Bonnan, M. Henderson. 2009. The Hanksville-Burpee Quarry: new insights into a sauropod dominated bonebed in the Morrison Formation of eastern Utah. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 29(3, suppl.):144A

D. S. Jennings and S. T. Hasiotis. 2006. Taphonomic analysis of a dinosaur feeding site using Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Morrison Formation, southern Bighorn Basin, Wyoming, USA. Palaios 21:480-492 DOI ↗

J. R. Foster. 2005. New juvenile sauropod material from western Colorado, and the record of juvenile sauropods from the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation. Thunder-Lizards: The Sauropodomorph Dinosaurs. Indiana University Press, Bloomington

J. R. Foster. 2003. Paleoecological analysis of the vertebrate fauna of the Morrison Formation (Upper Jurassic), Rocky Mountain region, U.S.A. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 23:1-95

M. V. Connely. 2002. Stratigraphy and Paleoecology of the Morrison Formation, Como Bluff, Wyoming

B. K. Wilborn. 2001. Two New Dinosaur Bonebeds from the Late Jurassic Morrison Formation, Bighorn Basin, WY: An Analysis of the Paleontology and Stratigraphy.

J. Ayer. 1999. The Howe Ranch Dinosaurs: 10 Years of Dinosaur Digging in Wyoming. Sauriermuseum, Aathal, Switzerland

C. A. Miles and D. W. Hamblin. 1999. Historical update: paleontological excavation in the Como Region. In J. H. Ostrom & J. S. McIntosh, Marsh's Dinosaurs. Yale University Press, New Haven

J. H. Ostrom and J. S. McIntosh. 1999. Marsh's Dinosaurs: The Collections from Como Bluff. Yale University Press, New Haven

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

K. Carpenter. 1998. Vertebrate biostratigraphy of the Morrison Formation near Cañon City, Colorado. Modern Geology 23:407-426

E. Evanoff and K. Carpenter. 1998. History, sedimentology, and taphonomy of Felch Quarry 1 and associated sandbodies, Morrison Formation, Garden Park, Colorado. Modern Geology 23:145-169

C. A. Bjoraker-Naus. 1997. The Warm Springs Ranch Dinosaur Locality, Thermopolis, Wyoming. Preliminary flora and fauna analysis. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 17(3):32A

J. S. McIntosh, C. A. Miles, and K. C. Cloward, J. R. Parker. 1996. A new nearly complete skeleton of Camarasaurus. Bulletin of the Gunma Museum of Natural History 1:1-87

A. P. Hunt and S. G. Lucas. 1993. Jurassic vertebrates of New Mexico. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 2:71-75

B. Britt. 1991. Theropods of Dry Mesa Quarry (Morrison Formation, Late Jurassic), Colorado, with emphasis on the osteology of Torvosaurus tanneri. BYU Geology Studies 37:1-72

D. D. Gillette. 1991. Seismosaurus halli, gen. et sp. nov., a new sauropod dinosaur from the Morrison Formation (Upper Jurassic/Lower Cretaceous) of New Mexico, USA. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 11(4):417-433 DOI ↗

E. Moore. 1985. Collecting in the Bighorn Basin, Wyoming. Fossils Quarterly 4(2):16-24

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 ↗

C. W. Gilmore. 1932. On a newly mounted skeleton of Diplodocus in the United States National Museum. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 81(18):1-21 DOI ↗

H. F. Osborn. 1904. Manus, sacrum, and caudals of Sauropoda. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 20(14):181-190

J. B. Hatcher. 1901. Some new and little known fossil vertebrates. Annals of Carnegie Museum 1(1):128-144 DOI ↗

J. B. Hatcher. 1901. Diplodocus Marsh; its osteology, taxonomy, and probate habits, with a restoration of the skeleton. Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum 1:1-63 DOI ↗

S. W. Williston. 1901. The dinosaurian genus Creosaurus, Marsh. American Journal of Science, series 4 11(11):111-114 DOI ↗

O. C. Marsh. 1878. Principal characters of American Jurassic dinosaurs. Part I. American Journal of Science and Arts 16:411-416 DOI ↗

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