![cover image](https://wikiwandv2-19431.kxcdn.com/_next/image?url=https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Amphicoelias_altus_2006-09-28-amnh-dinos-124.jpg/640px-Amphicoelias_altus_2006-09-28-amnh-dinos-124.jpg&w=640&q=50)
Amphicoelias
genus of reptiles (fossil) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Amphicoelias is an extinct genus of sauropod dinosaur.
Quick Facts Amphicoelias Temporal range: Upper Jurassic 150 mya, Scientific classification ...
Amphicoelias | |
---|---|
![]() | |
Holotype vertebrae of A. altus, AMNH 5764 | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | Saurischia |
Clade: | †Sauropodomorpha |
Clade: | †Sauropoda |
Superfamily: | †Diplodocoidea |
Family: | †Diplodocidae |
Genus: | †Amphicoelias Cope, 1878 |
Species: | †A. altus |
Binomial name | |
Amphicoelias altus Cope, 1878 | |
Close
The fossil was found in the Morrison Formation.[1] It lived about 150 million years ago during the Upper Jurassic of what is now Colorado.
A herbivore, Amphicoelias was moderately sized at about 25 m (82 ft) long–roughly the same length as Diplodocus, to which it was related.