Eusauropoda

Eusauropods Temporal range: Early Jurassic—Late Cretaceous, 175–66 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Skull of Jobaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Order:	Saurischia
Suborder:	†Sauropodomorpha
Clade:	†Gravisauria
Clade:	†Eusauropoda Upchurch, 1995
Subgroups[1]
†Abrosaurus †Algoasaurus †Amygdalodon †Asiatosaurus †Atlasaurus †Chebsaurus †Chuanjiesaurus †Ferganasaurus †Jobaria †Liubangosaurus †Nebulasaurus †Pukyongosaurus †Qinlingosaurus †Shunosaurus †Volkheimeria †Xianshanosaurus †Cetiosauridae †Mamenchisauridae †Turiasauria †Neosauropoda

Eusauropoda (meaning "true sauropods") is a clade of sauropod dinosaurs consisting of all sauropods closer to titanosaurs such as Saltasaurus than to primitive sauropods such as Vulcanodon. It was named by Paul Upchurch in 1995.^[2]

References

1. Holtz, Thomas R. Jr. (2012) Dinosaurs: The Most Complete, Up-to-Date Encyclopedia for Dinosaur Lovers of All Ages, Winter 2011 Appendix.
2. Upchurch, P. (1995). "The evolutionary history of sauropod dinosaurs." Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London B, 349: 365–390.