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Taxon
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Diplodocidae
Nominal Author
Marsh 1884
2nd Nominal Author
Taxon Status ACTIVE
Comments
Sereno (1998) defined the taxon as stem-based to include taxa more closely related to Diplodocus longus. It has been used in this manner since (Wilson and Upchurch 2003, Harris and Dodson 2004), and the current definition is a first-order revision of that in Sereno (1998).
Potential Synonomy

Active Phylogenetic Definition
Active Definition
The most inclusive clade containing Diplodocus longus Marsh 1878 but not Dicraeosaurus hansemanni Janensch 1914.
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> Diplodocus longus but not Dicraeosaurus hansemanni.
Definitional Author
Sereno 2005
Definition Status checked
Definition Type STEM
Node-Stem Triplet STEM
Other Triplet Taxa
Flagellicaudata, Dicraeosauridae
Specifiers
Specifier(s) A
Diplodocus longus
Specifier(s) B
Specifier(s) C
Dicraeosaurus hansemanni
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Inactive Taxon Status
Rejection Criteria
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All diplodocoids closer to Diplodocus than to Dicraeosaurus.
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