Dicraeosaurus
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Dicraeosaurus was a relatively small, short-necked sauropod dinosaur from the Late Jurassic of East Africa, notable for its distinctive bifurcated neural spines along the neck and back.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Dicraeosaurus canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12496127 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dicraeosaurus Context triple: [Tendaguru Formation, yieldedFossil, Dicraeosaurus]
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A.
Othnielosaurus
Othnielosaurus is a small, bipedal ornithischian dinosaur from the Late Jurassic of North America, known for its lightly built body and herbivorous diet.
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B.
Edaphosaurus
Edaphosaurus was a large, sail-backed, herbivorous synapsid from the Late Carboniferous to Early Permian period, notable for its distinctive spiny neural sail and importance in early amniote evolution.
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C.
Stokesosaurus
Stokesosaurus is a small, carnivorous theropod dinosaur from the Late Jurassic of North America, known from fragmentary remains that suggest it was an early relative of later large tyrannosauroids.
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D.
Daspletosaurus
Daspletosaurus was a large, carnivorous tyrannosaurid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of North America, known as a powerful apex predator with a massive skull and robust teeth.
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E.
Hermodactylus
Hermodactylus is a small genus of flowering plants in the iris family, known for its distinctive, often early-blooming ornamental species.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dicraeosaurus Target entity description: Dicraeosaurus was a relatively small, short-necked sauropod dinosaur from the Late Jurassic of East Africa, notable for its distinctive bifurcated neural spines along the neck and back.
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A.
Othnielosaurus
Othnielosaurus is a small, bipedal ornithischian dinosaur from the Late Jurassic of North America, known for its lightly built body and herbivorous diet.
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B.
Edaphosaurus
Edaphosaurus was a large, sail-backed, herbivorous synapsid from the Late Carboniferous to Early Permian period, notable for its distinctive spiny neural sail and importance in early amniote evolution.
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C.
Stokesosaurus
Stokesosaurus is a small, carnivorous theropod dinosaur from the Late Jurassic of North America, known from fragmentary remains that suggest it was an early relative of later large tyrannosauroids.
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D.
Daspletosaurus
Daspletosaurus was a large, carnivorous tyrannosaurid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of North America, known as a powerful apex predator with a massive skull and robust teeth.
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E.
Hermodactylus
Hermodactylus is a small genus of flowering plants in the iris family, known for its distinctive, often early-blooming ornamental species.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.