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DESCRIPTION OF THE PALATE AND LOWER JAW OF THE SAUROPOD DINOSAUR DIPLODOCUS (REPTILIA: SAURISCHIA) WITH REMARKS ON THE NATURE OF THE SKULL OF APATOSAURUS

1975; Cambridge University Press; Volume: 49; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

1937-2337

John S. McIntosh, David S. Berman,

Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils

The structure of the palate and lower jaw of the Jurassic sauropod Diplodocus is described. The controversy raised over a half century ago by W. J. Holland's claim that O. C. Marsh attributed the wrong skull to Apatosaurus (= Brontosaurus) is reviewed in light of new information. It seems very probable that the skull of Apatosaurus is Diplodocus-like as Holland suggested and not Camarasaurus-like as shown in the long accepted, original restorations published by Marsh late in the 19th century.