Dinosauria›Saurischia
Haplocanthosaurus Haplocanthosaurus priscus (Hatcher 1903)
/hˌæpləkˌænθəsˈɔːɹəs/
estimated
Late Jurassic (Tithonian) · 152.2–145.1 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
quadrupedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Social
herding
Where It Was Found
Country
United States
Region
Colorado
Formation
Morrison
Dig sites
1
distinct collections
Overview
Haplocanthosaurus priscus is a sauropodomorph dinosaur known from the Late Jurassic, roughly 152.2–145.1 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling and herding. Fossils have been recovered from Colorado, United States. It was named by (Hatcher 1903). The species is represented by 2 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~8%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 2 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Haplocanthosaurus priscus sits in deep time
Haplocanthosaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Haplocanthosaurus priscus's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology. Predator–prey pairs additionally have to have been dug up in the same place.