Diplodocus — Diplodocus
Diplodocus Fred Wierum, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY SA 4.0

Dinosaur

Diplodocus

Double beam

Diplodocus is the long, whip-tailed sauropod of the Morrison Formation, up to 26 m long. Its pencil-like peg teeth with a worn bevel are distinctive and sold from private Wyoming quarries; tail vertebrae and chevrons are the common bones. Diplodocid teeth are often labelled Diplodocus even when they could be Apatosaurus or Barosaurus.

PhylumChordata
ClassReptilia
OrderSaurischia
FamilyDiplodocidae
GroupDinosaur
Rank (PBDB)genus· Paleobiology Database
AuthorMarsh 1878· Paleobiology Database
Classification (PBDB)Chordata › Saurischia › NO_ORDER_SPECIFIED › Diplodocidae· Paleobiology Database
Range (PBDB)158–143 Ma· Paleobiology Database
PBDB occurrences66· Paleobiology Database

Elsewhere

Cite this article

Stratum Strata. "Diplodocus" (Taxon). Stratum Strata pack 2026.09, as of 2026-09-21. https://stratum.black/strata/taxa/diplodocus. Accessed 2026-09-21.

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  author       = {{Stratum Strata}},
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  year         = {2026},
  note         = {Taxon article, Stratum Strata pack 2026.09, as of 2026-09-21; sources: stratum, pbdb, wikidata, commons, nhm. Accessed 2026-09-21.}
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