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Holotype

CM 84 “Dippy”

Diplodocus carnegii

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Facts

Catalog number
CM 84
Nickname
Dippy
Institution
Carnegie Museum of Natural History (CM)
Year found
1899
Found by
John Bell Hatcher
Locality
Sheep Creek Quarry D, Albany County, Wyoming
Formation
Morrison Formation

Images

The Diplodocus carnegii holotype (CM 84, with CM 94 and CM 307), mounted at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh.Image credit: James St. John, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons, Carnegie Museum of Natural HistoryCC BY 2.0Source (opens in a new tab)

What this specimen preserves

Holotype: CM 84 “Dippy”

  • Preserved
  • Partial
  • Reconstructed
  • Unknown / not recorded
Region by region (table)
Skeleton regions of Holotype: CM 84 “Dippy”
RegionState
SkullUnknown / not recorded
MandibleUnknown / not recorded
TeethUnknown / not recorded
Cervical vertebraePreserved
Dorsal vertebraePartial
SacrumUnknown / not recorded
Caudal vertebraePartial
RibsUnknown / not recorded
GastraliaUnknown / not recorded
Scapula / shoulder girdleUnknown / not recorded
HumerusUnknown / not recorded
Forearm (radius / ulna)Unknown / not recorded
Hand (manus)Unknown / not recorded
PelvisUnknown / not recorded
FemurUnknown / not recorded
Tibia / fibulaUnknown / not recorded
Foot (pes)Unknown / not recorded

Excavation history

One of the few Diplodocus specimens with neck vertebrae. Mounted at the Carnegie Museum and "completed" with bones of other specimens (CM 94, 307, 21775, 33985, HMNS 175, USNM 2673, AMNH 965); casts of the mount went to museums worldwide.

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