†unranked clade Mamenchisauridae Chao 1965 (mamenchisaurid)

Reptilia - Saurischia - Mamenchisauridae

Alternative spelling: Mamenchisaurinae

Synonym: Omeisauridae Wilson 2002

Full reference: S. Chao. 1965. Wǒguó de dà kǒnglóng yī héchuān mǎmén xī lóng [China’s largest dinosaur—Hehchuan-Mamenxian dragon]. Sheng wu xue tong bao [Bulletin of Biology] 1965(4):35-37

Parent taxon: Eusauropoda according to A. J. Moore et al. 2023

See also Allain and Aquesbi 2008, Dong 1998, Dong and Tang 1984, He et al. 1988, Hunt et al. 1995, McIntosh 1990, McIntosh 1990, McIntosh 1997, Ouyang and Ye 2002, Sekiya 2011, Suteethorn et al. 2010, Suteethorn et al. 2013, Tang et al. 2001, Wilson 2002, Xing et al. 2015, Young and Chao 1972 and Zhang and Chen 1996

Sister taxa: Algoasaurus, Algoasaurus bauri, Amanzia, Bagualia, Bothriospondylus madagascariensis, Cardiodon, Cetiosauridae, Cetiosauriscus, Datousaurus, Dystrophaeus, Ferganasaurus, Haestasaurus, Janenschia, Jobaria, Lapparentosaurus, Nebulasaurus, Neosauropoda, Ornithopsis leedsi, Ornithopsis leedsii, Perijasaurus, Rhoetosaurus, Shunosaurus, Turiasauria

Subtaxa: Abrosaurus Analong Anhuilong Bellusaurus Chuanjiesaurus Daanosaurus Eomamenchisaurus Huangshanlong Hudiesaurus Jingia Klamelisaurus Mamenchisaurus Omeisaurus Qijianglong Rhomaleopakhus Tienshanosaurus Tonganosaurus Wamweracaudia Xinjiangtitan Yuanmousaurus Zigongosaurus

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Distribution:

• Cretaceous of China (2 collections)

• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Thailand (4)

• Jurassic of China (44), Mongolia (7), the Russian Federation (1), Tanzania (2), Thailand (1)

Total: 61 collections including 68 occurrences

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