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Diplodocidae

Galeamopus hayi

Generic sauropod body-plan outline
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Galeamopus 5 m (16.4 ft) long
as long as 3 people standing fingertip to fingertip
generic sauropod body plan, scaled to length — not a silhouette of Galeamopus
Length
5 m (16.4 ft)
Period
Late Jurassic (155–152.9 Mya)
Place
United States · Wyoming, USA · Colorado, USA
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Diplodocidae Dinosauria Saurischia Sauropodomorpha Sauropoda Whip-tailed sauropods: Diplodocus, Apatosaurus, Brontosaurus.

Galeamopus is a genus of herbivorous diplodocid sauropod dinosaurs. It contains two known species: Galeamopus hayi, known from the Late Jurassic lower Morrison Formation (Kimmeridgian age, about 155 million years ago) of Wyoming, United States, and Galeamopus pabsti, known from Wyoming and Colorado. The type species is known from one of the well-preserved diplodocid fossils, a nearly complete skeleton with an associated skull.

What we know

  • Named by Tschopp et al., 2015.
  • Fossils found in United States and Wyoming, USA.

What we guess

The reconstruction notes for Galeamopus — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.