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Saltasaurini

Reptilia - Saltasauridae

Taxonomy
Saltasaurini was named by Salgado and Bonaparte (2007). Its type is Saltasaurus. It was considered monophyletic by Otero and Reguero (2013).

It was assigned to Titanosauria by Gallina and Otero (2015); and to Saltasaurinae by Otero and Reguero (2013) and Navarro et al. (2022).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2007Saltasaurini Salgado and Bonaparte
2013Saltasaurini Otero and Reguero p. 11
2015Saltasaurini Gallina and Otero p. 498
2022Saltasaurini Navarro et al. p. 344 fig. 13

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
RankNameAuthor
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Saurischia()
—Sauropoda()
—Gravisauria
—Eusauropoda
—Neosauropoda
—Macronaria
—Titanosauriformes
—Titanosauria
—Lithostrotia
superfamilySaltasauroideaPowell 1992
familySaltasauridae
subfamilySaltasaurinae
tribeSaltasauriniSalgado and Bonaparte 2007
tribeSaltasauriniSalgado and Bonaparte 2007

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.

Tr. †Saltasaurini Salgado and Bonaparte 2007
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G. †Neuquensaurus Powell 1992
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†Neuquensaurus australis Lydekker 1893
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Invalid names: Loricosaurus scutatus Huene 1927 [synonym]
Invalid names: Loricosaurus Huene 1927 [synonym], Microcoelus Lydekker 1893 [synonym], Neuquensaurus robustus Huene 1927 [nomen dubium]
G. †Saltasaurus Bonaparte and Powell 1980
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†Saltasaurus loricatus Bonaparte and Powell 1980
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteinfrao
Entire body: yesinfrao
Adult length: 10 to < 100infrao
Adult width: 10 to < 100infrao
Adult height: 10 to < 100infrao
Maximum body mass: 10000 kgg
Minimum body mass: 3000 kgg
Thickness: thickinfrao
Architecture: compact or denseinfrao
Form: sphericalinfrao
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partsinfrao
Grouping: gregariousinfrao
Environment: terrestrialinfrao
Locomotion: actively mobileinfrao
Life habit: ground dwellinginfrao
Diet: herbivoreinfrao
Reproduction: oviparousinfrao
Dispersal: direct/internalinfrao
Dispersal 2: mobileinfrao
Created: 2004-12-14 12:49:10
Modified: 2004-12-14 14:49:10
Source: g = genus, infrao = infraorder
References: Marsh 1875, Peczkis 1995

Age range: base of the Santonian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 86.30000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Senonian100.5 - 66.0Argentina (Río Negro) Loricosaurus scutatus (64087)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6Argentina (Río Negro) Loricosaurus sp., Titanosaurus robustus (51581)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6Argentina (Neuquén) Titanosaurus australis, Microcoelus patagonicus (51569)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6Argentina (Río Negro) Neuquensaurus sp. (51579)
Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6Argentina (Río Negro) Neuquensaurus australis, Neuquensaurus sp., Neuquensaurus robustus (55740) Saltasaurini indet. (219390) Titanosaurus australis, Loricosaurus scutatus (51573)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0Argentina (Río Negro) Saltasaurinae indet. (219713) Saltasaurini indet. (231729) Titanosaurus robustus (52021)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Uruguay (Soriano) Titanosaurus australis (59147)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Argentina (Salta) Neuquensaurus australis, Atlantosauridae indet. (13307)