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Sauroposeidon
Taxonomy
Sauroposeidon was named by Wedel et al. (2000).
It was assigned to Brachiosauridae by Wedel et al. (2000), Wedel et al. (2000), Upchurch et al. (2004), Naish and Martill (2007) and You and Li (2009); to Titanosauriformes by Mannion and Calvo (2011); and to Somphospondyli by D'Emic (2012), D'Emic and Foreman (2012), Winkler et al. (2013), Mannion et al. (2013), D'Emic (2013), Carballido et al. (2015), Mannion et al. (2017), Mannion et al. (2019) and Apesteguía et al. (2021).
It was assigned to Brachiosauridae by Wedel et al. (2000), Wedel et al. (2000), Upchurch et al. (2004), Naish and Martill (2007) and You and Li (2009); to Titanosauriformes by Mannion and Calvo (2011); and to Somphospondyli by D'Emic (2012), D'Emic and Foreman (2012), Winkler et al. (2013), Mannion et al. (2013), D'Emic (2013), Carballido et al. (2015), Mannion et al. (2017), Mannion et al. (2019) and Apesteguía et al. (2021).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2000 | Sauroposeidon Wedel et al. p. 110 figs. 1-5 |
| 2004 | Sauroposeidon Upchurch et al. p. 267 |
| 2007 | Sauroposeidon Naish and Martill p. 499 |
| 2007 | Paluxysaurus Rose p. 5 |
| 2009 | Paluxysaurus You and Li |
| 2009 | Sauroposeidon You and Li |
| 2010 | Paluxysaurus Ksepka and Norell |
| 2011 | Paluxysaurus Mannion and Calvo |
| 2011 | Sauroposeidon Mannion and Calvo |
| 2012 | Sauroposeidon D'Emic |
| 2012 | Sauroposeidon D'Emic and Foreman p. 884 |
| 2013 | Sauroposeidon D'Emic |
| 2013 | Sauroposeidon Mannion et al. |
| 2013 | Sauroposeidon Winkler et al. p. 467 |
| 2015 | Sauroposeidon Carballido et al. |
| 2017 | Sauroposeidon Mannion et al. |
| 2019 | Sauroposeidon Mannion et al. |
| 2021 | Sauroposeidon Apesteguía et al. |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. †Sauroposeidon Wedel et al. 2000
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†Sauroposeidon proteles Wedel et al. 2000
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Invalid names: Paluxysaurus jonesi Rose 2007 [synonym]
Invalid names: Paluxysaurus Rose 2007 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: infrao = infraorder | |||||
| Reference: Marsh 1875 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Aptian to the top of the Albian or 122.46000 to 100.50000 Ma
Collections (5 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Aptian - Albian | USA (Oklahoma) | S. proteles (24178) | |
| Late/Upper Aptian | USA (Texas) | Sauropoda indet. (52865) | |
| Albian | USA (Arkansas) | Sauropoda indet. (222851) | |
| Middle Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian | USA (Wyoming) | Sauropoda indet. (50498) S. proteles, Sauropoda indet. (50496) |