Reptilia - Saurischia - Saltasauridae
Alternative spellings: Opisthocoelicaudidae, Opisthocoelicaudinae
Full reference: J. S. McIntosh. 1990. Sauropoda. The Dinosauria. University of California Press, Berkeley 345-401
Parent taxon: Saltasauridae according to B. A. Navarro et al. 2022
See also Bonaparte 1999, Calvo et al. 2007, Calvo et al. 2007, Carballido et al. 2022, Curry Rogers 2005, Dong 1998, Franco-Rosas et al. 2004, González Riga and Ortiz David 2014, González Riga et al. 2009, Maryanska 2000, McIntosh 1990, Salgado 2003, Sereno 1998, Suteethorn et al. 2010, Wilson 2002, Wilson 2005, Wilson and Upchurch 2003 and You et al. 2004
Sister taxa: Igai, Nicksaurus, Qingxiusaurus, Saltasaurinae, Zhuchengtitan
Subtaxa: Opisthocoelicaudia
Type: Opisthocoelicaudia
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution: found only at Altan Ula IV, site 4 [PMPE] (Cretaceous of Mongolia)