Haplocanthosaurus
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Haplocanthosaurus
DV-0070 · type species Haplocanthosaurus priscus
- Lived
- 155 to 143 million years ago, Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Length
- about 22 m (71 ft)
- Group
- Sauropods
- Found in
- United States
- Named by
- Hatcher 1903
Field notes
About Haplocanthosaurus
Haplocanthosaurus was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous, 155 to 143 million years ago.
The Paleobiology Database lists 7 finds of Haplocanthosaurus, from Colorado, Utah and Wyoming. Its fossils come from the Morrison Formation. It was named by Hatcher in 1903.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
150 million years ago
To scale
How big was Haplocanthosaurus?
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Diplodocoidea.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: J. B. Hatcher. 1903. A new name for the dinosaur Haplocanthus Hatcher. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 16:100