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Re: Precision, Ultra-, Super-, Seismo- and the like
As I recall, a new specimen of Supersaurus was recently found in Wyoming,
and about 60% of it has been excavated so far, including most of the neck.
Scott Hartman's Skeletal Drawing page has some good information on this. In
any case, I find it odd that this specimen hasn't been mentioned yet. What's
been found actually suggests that Supersaurus is an apatosaurine rather than
a diplodocine at this point, so I don't really see much of a basis for
assigning it to Barosaurus or Diplodocus at this point, given that we
probably have about 65-70% of its skeleton at this point when both the
Wyoming specimen (also known as "Jimbo") and the holotype are taken into
account.
This discovery also would seem to place *Supersaurus vivianae* ahead of
*Diplodocus carnegii* as the longest dinosaur known from relatively complete
remains.
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