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. 2015 Apr 7;3:e857. doi: 10.7717/peerj.857

Table 1. Species historically described as belonging to Diplodocidae.

Species Most recent taxonomic opinion Reference Occurrence Comments
Dystrophaeus viaemalae Cope, 1877b Sauropoda incertae sedis Upchurch, Barrett & Dodson, 2004 USA type species of Dystrophaeus
Amphicoelias altus Cope, 1877a Diplodocoidea incertae sedis Tschopp & Mateus, 2013b USA type species of Amphicoelias
Amphicoelias latus Cope, 1877a synonym of Camarasaurus supremus Osborn & Mook, 1921 USA
Apatosaurus ajax Marsh, 1877a Apatosaurinae Upchurch, Tomida & Barrett, 2004 USA type species of Apatosaurus
Apatosaurus grandis Marsh, 1877a Misassigned, ⟹ Camarasaurus grandis Marsh, 1878; Upchurch, Tomida & Barrett, 2004 USA
Amphicoelias fragillimus Cope, 1878 synonym of A. altus Osborn & Mook, 1921 USA
Atlantosaurus immanis Marsh, 1878 synonym of A. ajax McIntosh, 1995; Upchurch, Tomida & Barrett, 2004 USA
Diplodocus longus Marsh, 1878 Diplodocinae McIntosh & Carpenter, 1998 USA type species of Diplodocus
Brontosaurus excelsus Marsh, 1879 Brontosaurus = Apatosaurus; species referred to Apatosaurus (A. Excelsus) Riggs, 1903; Upchurch, Tomida & Barrett, 2004 USA type species of Brontosaurus
Apatosaurus laticollis Marsh, 1879 synonym of A. ajax McIntosh & Berman, 1975; Upchurch, Tomida & Barrett, 2004 USA
Brontosaurus amplus Marsh, 1881 synonym of A. excelsus McIntosh & Berman, 1975; Upchurch, Tomida & Barrett, 2004 USA
Diplodocus lacustris Marsh, 1884 nomen dubium McIntosh, 1990a USA originally described as Stegosaurus armatus teeth (Marsh, 1877b; McIntosh, 1990a)
Barosaurus lentus Marsh, 1890 Diplodocinae Tschopp & Mateus, 2013b USA type species of Barosaurus
Barosaurus affinis Marsh, 1899 synonym of B. lentus McIntosh, 1990a USA
Diplodocus carnegii Hatcher, 1901 unambiguous differential diagnosis from D. longus not yet demonstrated Gilmore, 1932; McIntosh, 1990a USA sometimes misspelled D. carnegiei (e.g., Lull, 1919)
Elosaurus parvus Peterson & Gilmore, 1902 Elosaurus = Apatosaurus; ⟹ A. parvus Upchurch, Tomida & Barrett, 2004 USA type species of Elosaurus
Gigantosaurus africanus Fraas, 1908 Gigantosaurus preoccupied, ⟹ Tornieria africana; included into Barosaurus (Barosaurus africanus); generic distinction proved valid, ⟹ Tornieria africana Sternfeld, 1911; Janensch, 1922; Remes, 2006 Tanzania type species of Tornieria
Apatosaurus louisae Holland, 1915a Apatosaurinae Upchurch, Tomida & Barrett, 2004 USA
Apatosaurus minimus Mook, 1917 misassigned, Macronaria incertae sedis McIntosh, 1990a; Mannion et al., 2012 USA
Diplodocus hayi Holland, 1924 possibly new genus Holland, 1924; McIntosh, 1990a USA
Apatosaurus alenquerensis Lapparent & Zbyszewski, 1957 Misassigned, ⟹ Camarasaurus alenquerensis; later new genus erected: Lourinhasaurus alenquerensis (Macronaria) McIntosh, 1990b; Dantas et al., 1998; Mocho, Royo-Torres & Ortega, 2014 Portugal type species of Lourinhasaurus
Barosaurus gracilis Russell, Béland & McIntosh, 1980 nomen nudum Remes, 2006 Tanzania initially described as B. africanus var. gracilis (Janensch, 1961)
Cetiosauriscus stewarti Charig, 1980 Non-neosauropod Eusauropoda; originally described as Cetiosaurus leedsi Rauhut et al., 2005 United Kingdom type species of Cetiosauriscus
Supersaurus vivianae Jensen, 1985 Diplodocidae Tschopp & Mateus, 2013b USA type species of Supersaurus
Dystylosaurus edwini Jensen, 1985 synonym of S. vivianae Curtice & Stadtman, 2001 USA type species of Dystylosaurus
Seismosaurus halli Gillette, 1991 Seismosaurus = Diplodocus, possibly D. longus, or D. hallorum Lucas et al., 2006; Lovelace, Hartman & Wahl, 2007 USA type species of Seismosaurus; should be called S. hallorum (Gillette, 1994, after a personal comment of G Olshevsky)
Dyslocosaurus polyonychius McIntosh, Coombs & Russell, 1992 Diplodocoidea incertae sedis Upchurch, Barrett & Dodson, 2004 USA type species of Dyslocosaurus
Apatosaurus yahnahpin Filla & Redman, 1994 new genus: Eobrontosaurus (Diplodocidae) Bakker, 1998 USA type species of Eobrontosaurus
Dinheirosaurus lourinhanensis Bonaparte & Mateus, 1999 Diplodocidae Tschopp & Mateus, 2013b Portugal type species of Dinheirosaurus
Losillasaurus giganteus Casanovas, Santafé & Sanz, 2001 Turiasauria, sister taxon to Turiasaurus Royo-Torres & Upchurch, 2012 Spain type species of Losillasaurus
Suuwassea emilieae Harris & Dodson, 2004 Dicraeosauridae Tschopp & Mateus, 2013b USA type species of Suuwassea
Australodocus bohetii Remes, 2007 Titanosauria incertae sedis Mannion et al., 2013 Tanzania type species of Australodocus
Kaatedocus siberi Tschopp & Mateus, 2012 Diplodocinae Tschopp & Mateus, 2013b USA type species of Kaatedocus; published online in 2012, print version is the 2013b paper
Leinkupal laticauda Gallina et al., 2014 Diplodocinae Gallina et al., 2014 Argentina type species of Leinkupal