Diplodocidae
| Diplodocids Temporal range: Middle Jurassic-Early Cretaceous, | |
|---|---|
| Mounted A. louisae (specimen CM 3018), Carnegie Museum of Natural History | |
| Mounted D. carnegii type specimen, Carnegie Museum of Natural History | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | †Sauropodomorpha |
| Clade: | †Sauropoda |
| Superfamily: | †Diplodocoidea |
| Clade: | †Flagellicaudata |
| Family: | †Diplodocidae Marsh, 1884 |
| Type genus | |
| †Diplodocus Marsh, 1878 | |
| Subgroups | |
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Diplodocids, or members of the family Diplodocidae ("double beams"), are a group of sauropod dinosaurs. The family includes some of the longest creatures ever to walk the Earth, including Diplodocus and Supersaurus, some of which may have reached lengths of up to 42 metres (138 ft).
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