Diplodocidae

E933194

Diplodocidae is a family of long-necked, whip-tailed sauropod dinosaurs that includes some of the largest land animals to have ever lived.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Diplodocidae canonical 7
Apatosaurinae 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf dinosaur family ⓘ
sauropod clade ⓘ
taxonomic family ⓘ
characteristicFeature elongated bodies ⓘ
herbivorous diet ⓘ
long neck ⓘ
peg-like teeth concentrated at front of jaws ⓘ
quadrupedal stance ⓘ
relatively light skulls ⓘ
whip-like tail ⓘ
clade Diplodocoidea ⓘ
Neosauropoda ⓘ
class Reptilia ⓘ
diet herbivorous ⓘ
extinctionStatus extinct ⓘ
firstAppearance Late Jurassic period ⓘ
fossilRecord well represented in Late Jurassic formations ⓘ
fossilTypeLocalityRegion Morrison Formation ⓘ
geographicDistribution Africa ⓘ
Europe ⓘ
North America ⓘ
South America ⓘ
includesGenus Apatosaurus ⓘ
Barosaurus ⓘ
Brontosaurus ⓘ
Dinheirosaurus ⓘ
Diplodocus ⓘ
Galeamopus ⓘ
Kaatedocus ⓘ
Leinkupal ⓘ
Seismosaurus ⓘ
Supersaurus ⓘ
Tornieria ⓘ
includesSomeOf largest land animals ever ⓘ
infraorder Sauropoda ⓘ
kingdom Animalia ⓘ
locomotion obligate quadruped ⓘ
namedAfter Diplodocus ⓘ
notableMember Apatosaurus ajax ⓘ
linked to: Apatosaurus

Barosaurus lentus ⓘ
linked to: Barosaurus

Brontosaurus excelsus ⓘ
linked to: Brontosaurus

Diplodocus carnegii ⓘ
linked to: Diplodocus

Supersaurus vivianae ⓘ
linked to: Supersaurus
order Saurischia ⓘ
phylum Chordata ⓘ
sizeClass giant terrestrial vertebrates ⓘ
suborder Sauropodomorpha ⓘ
superorder Dinosauria ⓘ
taxonomicRank family ⓘ
temporalRange Late Jurassic ⓘ
typeGenus Diplodocus ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Apatosaurus → family → Diplodocidae ⓘ
Apatosaurus → subfamily → Apatosaurinae ⓘ
linked to: Diplodocidae
Diplodocus → family → Diplodocidae ⓘ
Sauropoda → includesTaxon → Diplodocidae ⓘ
Diplodocinae → parentTaxon → Diplodocidae ⓘ
Diplodocinae → memberOf → Diplodocidae ⓘ
Neosauropoda → includesTaxon → Diplodocidae ⓘ
Diplodocoidea → includesTaxon → Diplodocidae ⓘ