Supersaurus
Supersaurus ("super-akkedis") was ’n genus souropode-dinosourusse wat in 1972 deur Vivian Jones in Colorado, VSA, ontdek is. Die formasie waarin dit gevind is, dateer uit sowat 153 miljoen jaar gelede.[1] Dit is een van die grootste dinosourusse wat uit goeiegehalte-oorblyfsels bekend is. Dit was sowat 33 tot 34 m lank.[2]
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’n Skelet van Supersaurus (Museum of Ancient Life). | |
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Superfamilie: | †Diplodocoidea |
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Genus: | †Supersaurus (Jensen, 1985) |
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†S. vivianae |
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Verwysings
- Turner, C.E. and Peterson, F., (1999). "Biostratigraphy of dinosaurs in the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation of the Western Interior, U.S.A." Pp. 77–114 in Gillette, D.D. (red.), Vertebrate Paleontology in Utah. Utah Geological Survey Miscellaneous Publication 99-1.
- Lovelace, David M.; Hartman, Scott A.; Wahl, William R. (2007). "Morphology of a specimen of Supersaurus (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) from the Morrison Formation of Wyoming, and a re-evaluation of diplodocid phylogeny". Arquivos do Museu Nacional. 65 (4): 527–544.
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