Galeamopus
Field photograph to come
Galeamopus
DV-0917 · type species Galeamopus hayi
- Lived
- 155 to 143 million years ago, Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Sauropods, Diplodocidae
- Found in
- United States
- Named by
- Tschopp et al. 2015
Field notes
About Galeamopus
Galeamopus was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous, 155 to 143 million years ago. It belongs to the family Diplodocidae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 6 finds of Galeamopus, from Wyoming and Colorado. Its fossils come from the Morrison Formation. It was named by Tschopp et al. in 2015.
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
- TornieriaLate Jurassic to Early Cretaceous
- ArdetosaurusLate Jurassic
- LeinkupalEarly Cretaceous
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: 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