List of sauropodomorph type specimens
This list of sauropodomorph type specimens is a list of fossils serving as the official standard-bearers for inclusion in the species and genera of the dinosaur clade Sauropodomorpha, which includes the long-necked dinosaurs. Type specimens are definitionally members of biological taxa, and additional specimens are only "referred" to these taxa if an expert deems them sufficiently similar.
The list
Species | Genus | Nickname | Catalogue Number | Institution | Age | Unit | Country | Notes | Images |
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Brachiosaurus altithorax | Brachiosaurus | N/A | FMNH P 25107 | Field Museum of Natural History | Late Jurassic | Morrison Formation | United States | FMNH P 25107, the holotype of Brachiosaurus altithorax | |
Brontosaurus excelsus |
N/A |
YPM 1980 |
Yale Peabody Museum |
![]() YPM 1980, the holotype of Brontosaurus excelsus. | |||||
Brontosaurus parvus |
N/A |
CM 566 |
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