Ardetosaurus
Field photograph to come
Ardetosaurus
DV-1224 · type species Ardetosaurus viator
- Lived
- 155 to 149 million years ago, Late Jurassic
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Sauropods, Diplodocidae
- Found in
- United States
- Named by
- van der Linden et al. 2024
Field notes
About Ardetosaurus
Ardetosaurus was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Late Jurassic, 155 to 149 million years ago. It belongs to the family Diplodocidae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Ardetosaurus, from Wyoming. Its fossils come from the Morrison Formation. It was named by van der Linden et al. in 2024.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
150 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Diplodocidae.
- BrontosaurusLate Jurassic to Early Cretaceous
- DiplodocusLate Jurassic to Early Cretaceous
- ApatosaurusLate Jurassic to Early Cretaceous
- SupersaurusLate Jurassic to Early Cretaceous
- BarosaurusLate Jurassic to Early Cretaceous
- GaleamopusLate Jurassic to Early Cretaceous
- TornieriaLate Jurassic to Early Cretaceous
- LeinkupalEarly Cretaceous
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: T. van der Linden, E. Tschopp, and R. Sookias, J. Wallaard, F. Holwerda, A. Schulp. 2024. A new diplodocine sauropod from the Morrison Formation, Wyoming, USA. Palaeontologia Electronica 27(3):a48:1-79