Historedia
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Naming of Diplodocus carnegii

When
1901
Where
Carnegie Museum of Natural History
Part of
Diplodocus carnegii discovered at Sheep Creek Quarry

John Bell Hatcher named the specimen Diplodocus carnegii in 1901, honoring Andrew Carnegie.

The specimen CM 84 was named Diplodocus carnegii, meaning 'Andrew Carnegie's double beam'. Hatcher published the monograph in 1901. The skeleton became the holotype of the species and the centerpiece of the Carnegie Museum, known as 'the house that Dippy built'.

Sources

  1. Diplodocus Wikipedia, revision of 2026-10-09
  2. Dippy Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-22

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