Saltasauridae

Saltasaurids
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, 85.8–66 Ma
Restoration of Saltasaurus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: Saurischia
Suborder: †Sauropodomorpha
Clade: †Titanosauria
Clade: †Lithostrotia
Family: †Saltasauridae
Sereno, 1998
Genera

Saltasauridae is a family of titanosaurian dinosaurs known from the late Cretaceous period of South America, Spain, Madagascar and Mongolia.[1] It is defined phylogenetically as the least inclusive clade containing both Opisthocoelicaudia and Saltasaurus.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Holtz, Thomas R. Jr. (2011) Dinosaurs: The Most Complete, Up-to-Date Encyclopedia for Dinosaur Lovers of All Ages, Winter 2010 Appendix.
  2. ↑ P. D. Mannion, P. Upchurch, R. N. Barnes and O. Mateus. 2013. Osteology of the Late Jurassic Portuguese sauropod dinosaur Lusotitan atalaiensis (Macronaria) and the evolutionary history of basal titanosauriforms. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 168:98-206
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