Diplodocidae

Diplodocids
Temporal range: Middle Jurassic-Early Cretaceous, 170–136.4 Ma
Mounted A. louisae (specimen CM 3018), Carnegie Museum of Natural History
Mounted D. carnegii type specimen, Carnegie Museum of Natural History
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: †Sauropodomorpha
Clade: †Sauropoda
Superfamily: †Diplodocoidea
Clade: †Flagellicaudata
Family: †Diplodocidae
Marsh, 1884
Type genus
†Diplodocus
Marsh, 1878
Subgroups[1]
Synonyms
  • Atlantosauridae
    Marsh, 1877
  • Amphicoeliidae
    Cope, 1878
  • Apatosauridae
    Huene, 1927
  • Brontosauridae
    Jaekel, 1911

Diplodocids, or members of the family Diplodocidae ("double beams"), are a group of sauropod dinosaurs. The family includes some of the longest creatures ever to walk the Earth, including Diplodocus and Supersaurus, some of which may have reached lengths of up to 42 metres (138 ft).[2][1]

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