Gazelle : The Palestinian Biological Bulletin (ISSN 0178 – 6288) . Number 120, December 2014, pp. 1-29. | Page 8
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†Amphicoelias brontodiplodocus Galiano and Albersdörfer 2010 (Sauropod):
Amniota - Dinosauria
Sister taxon: Amphicoelias altus
Type specimen: DQ-BS, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Dana Quarry, which
is in an Oxfordian/Kimmeridgian fine channel fill mudstone in the Morrison
Formation of Wyoming, USA.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore.
Average measurements (in mm): coracoid 460.0 x 355.0, femur length 1415.0,
fibula length 1095.0, humerus length 905.0, radius length 715.0, scapula 1150.0 x
510.0, skull 331.0 x 119.8, tibia length 1015.0, ulna length 755.0.
Estimated body mass: 12.1 tons based on femur length.
Age range: 161.2 to 150.8 Ma (Million years).
Distribution: found only at Dana Quarry, Wyoming, USA. (Fossilworks).
Classification Info: The Long-necked Whip-tailed Sauropod Dinosaur (Amphicoelias
brontodiplodocus Galiano and Albersdörfer, 2010) at The Dubai Mall. Photo by: Prof.
Dr. Sc. Norman Ali Bassam Khalaf-von Jaffa. 08.04.2014.
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Gazelle : The Palestinian Biological Bulletin – Number 120 – December 2014