Diplodocinae

Diplodocinae is an extinct subfamily of diplodocid sauropods that existed from the Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous of North America, Europe, Africa and South America, about 161.2 to 136.4 million years ago. Genera within the subfamily include Tornieria, Supersaurus, Leinkupal, Galeamopus, Diplodocus, Barosaurus, and Ardetosaurus.

Diplodocinae

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Also called
diplodocinePBDB
Sits inside
DiplodocidaePBDB
Diet
herbivorePBDB, for Sauropoda
Life habit
ground dwelling, gregariousPBDB, for Sauropoda
Motility
actively mobilePBDB, for Sauropoda
Environment
terrestrialPBDB, for Sauropoda

Time the record covers

At least 18 million years on record.

The record covers at least 157.9 Mya to 139.1 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 159 Mya to 125.77 Mya.

Late Jurassic — about 135 of 138 occurrencesLate JurassicEarly Cretaceous — about 3 of 138 occurrencesEarly Cretaceous160–159 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences159–157 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences157–156 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences156–155 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences155–154 Mya — about 8 occurrences154–153 Mya — about 10 occurrences153–152 Mya — about 12 occurrences152–150 Mya — about 14 occurrences150–149 Mya — about 14 occurrences149–148 Mya — about 15 occurrences148–147 Mya — about 15 occurrences147–146 Mya — about 15 occurrences146–145 Mya — about 14 occurrences145–144 Mya — about 11 occurrences144–142 Mya — about 4 occurrences142–141 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences141–140 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences140–139 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences139–138 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences138–137 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences137–135 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences135–134 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences134–133 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences133–132 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences132–131 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences131–130 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences130–129 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences129–127 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences127–126 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences126–125 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences157.9 Mya139.1 Mya159.7 Mya125.1 Mya

138 occurrences of Diplodocinae on record, most of them in the Late Jurassic. Bar height is expected occurrences, not a count: each fossil is spread across the span it is dated to, so a tall narrow bar means tight dating and a low wide one means loose.

When

138 occurrences

These are dates about fossils, not the animal: the record can only begin after it arose and end before it died out, so either end may reach further. Shares are expected occurrences: a fossil dated to a span is counted partly in each period it straddles. More on what this infers.

Found in

10 formations

Morrison — 42.04°N, 106.39°WMorrison — 42.15°N, 105.92°WMorrison — 42.02°N, 106.05°WMorrison — 43.63°N, 108.20°WMorrison — 40.42°N, 109.21°WMorrison — 40.44°N, 109.30°WMorrison — 38.54°N, 105.22°WMorrison — 35.56°N, 106.77°WMorrison — 41.89°N, 106.04°WMorrison — 41.88°N, 106.08°WMorrison — 39.24°N, 109.00°WMorrison — 38.58°N, 108.40°WMorrison — 44.54°N, 107.78°WMorrison — 44.65°N, 107.82°WMorrison — 41.97°N, 106.29°WMorrison — 43.65°N, 106.78°WMorrison — 36.90°N, 102.83°WMorrison — 36.93°N, 102.97°WMorrison — 39.13°N, 108.73°WMorrison — 45.54°N, 110.62°WMorrison — 44.18°N, 103.34°WMorrison — 44.46°N, 104.73°WMorrison — 44.25°N, 104.41°WMorrison — 45.45°N, 108.10°WMorrison — 35.58°N, 106.94°WMorrison — 39.68°N, 105.19°WMorrison — 44.23°N, 103.38°WMorrison — 44.09°N, 106.78°WMorrison — 42.18°N, 106.32°WMorrison — 38.97°N, 109.32°WMorrison — 41.98°N, 106.15°WMorrison — 38.50°N, 109.00°WMorrison — 45.22°N, 108.83°WMorrison — 39.15°N, 108.77°WMorrison — 42.63°N, 105.44°WMorrison — 44.47°N, 103.31°WMorrison — 40.46°N, 108.39°WMorrison — 38.25°N, 110.81°WMorrison — 44.04°N, 106.42°WMorrison — 44.05°N, 107.46°WMorrison — 38.45°N, 107.40°WMorrison — 39.32°N, 110.69°WMorrison — 44.09°N, 106.87°WMorrison — 44.64°N, 108.12°WMorrison — 39.01°N, 111.02°WMorrison — 44.66°N, 107.85°WMorrison — 41.91°N, 105.95°WMorrison — 44.06°N, 106.72°WMorrison — 42.52°N, 106.74°WTendaguru — 9.71°S, 39.23°ETendaguru — 9.66°S, 39.25°ELourinhã — 39.22°N, 9.34°WLourinhã — 39.35°N, 9.06°WKirkwood — 33.44°S, 25.45°EKadzi — 16.27°S, 30.80°EVillar del Arzobispo — 40.12°N, 1.15°WBajada Colorada — 39.82°S, 69.67°WToqui — 46.65°S, 72.38°WPraia da Amoreira-Porto Novo — 39.20°N, 9.34°WFreixial — 39.18°N, 9.33°W

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The named rock units Diplodocinae has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 2 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Diplodocinae and its relatives

Late Jurassic

Where Diplodocinae and its relatives were recorded in the Late Jurassic.

Found in the same rock

265 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 112 sites for Diplodocinae, and this reads all of them. The number is how many of those sites it was catalogued from too. The 24 sharing the most are listed.

This is not a list of everything alive at the time. It is only what has come out of the same ground as this animal and been written down.

Entered from

63 references

Each of the 138 occurrences read was entered from one of these publications, ordered by how many each accounts for. This is not a search for papers mentioning the name. 51 further references are not listed. Entries link to doi.org where the Paleobiology Database holds an identifier, and to its own record where it does not. Relayed as the Paleobiology Database holds them, not checked against what they resolve to.

Media and terms

Media content2

Picture of Diplodocinae

Credit
Wikipedia Loves Art participant " The_Wookies "
Licence
CC BY 2.5
Commercial use
the licence allows it

Structured light scan

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In Copyright
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Specimen
Diplodocinae indet. · amnh:farb:660

The description on this site

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CC BY-SA 4.0

This is what the site found, which is not the same as what exists.

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What may have been alongside itDiplodocidae through timeFormations of the Late JurassicThe world it lived on

Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. (Janensch 1929)