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Eusauropoda

Reptilia

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1887Ornithopsis leedsii Hulke p. 375 fig. 1
1887Ornithopsis leedsi Hulke p. 454
1887Ornithopsis leedsii Hulke p. 698 fig. 1
1888Ornithopsis leedsii Mansel-Pleydell p. 39
1889Ornithopsis leedsi Seeley p. 393 fig. 3
1890Ornithopsis leedsi Woodward and Sherborn p. 260
1890Ornithopsis leedsi Zittel p. 714
1895Pelorosaurus leedsi Lydekker p. 330
1895Bothriospondylus madagascariensis Lydekker p. 335 figs. 1-5
1896Bothriospondylus madagascariensis Depéret p. 193
1900Pelorosaurus leedsi Sauvage p. 504
1901Bothriospondylus madagascariensis Nopcsa p. 204
1901Pelorosaurus leedsi Nopcsa p. 206
1902Bothriospondylus madagascariensis Boule p. 56
1902Ornithopsis leedsi Mansel-Pleydell p. lxxvii
1903Cetiosaurus leedsi Anonymous p. 71
1904Algoasaurus Broom pp. 446-447
1904Algoasaurus bauri Broom p. 447 figs. 1-3
1905Cetiosaurus leedsi Woodward p. 232
1907Bothriospondylus madagascariensis Thevenin p. 3
1908Bothriospondylus madagascariensis Fraas p. 138
1908Algoasaurus Huene p. 348
1909Algoasaurus Arldt p. 263
1909Algoasaurus Huene p. 15
1911Algoasaurus von Zittel p. 288
1913Algoasaurus bauri Schwarz p. 264
1914Algoasaurus bauri Schwarz p. 41
1915Algoasaurus Broom p. 162
1915Algoasaurus bauri Broom p. 162
1917Cetiosaurus leedsi Moodie p. 390
1924Cetiosaurus leedsi Lull p. 234
1927Cetiosauriscus leedsi Huene p. 122
1927Bothriospondylus madagascariensis Huene p. 446
1927Cetiosauriscus leedsi Huene p. 454
1928Bothriospondylus madagascariensis Haughton p. 71
1932Algoasaurus Stromer p. 7
1932Cetiosauriscus leedsi Stromer p. 9
1934Cetiosaurus leedsi Swinton p. 33
1939Cetiosauriscus leedsi Kuhn p. 85
1943Bothriospondylus madagascariensis Lapparent p. 12
1946Algoasaurus Gilmore p. 30
1948Bothriospondylus madagascariensis Cabrera p. 38
1956Ornithopsis leedsi Leeds p. 35
1956Algoasaurus Romer p. 622
1957Algoasaurus bauri Lapparent p. 110
1957Bothriospondylus madagascariensis Lavocat p. 363
1960Ornithopsis leedsi Delair p. 83
1963Bothriospondylus madagascariensis Furon p. 359
1964Algoasaurus Tatarinov p. 552
1966Algoasaurus Romer p. 370
1967Bothriospondylus madagascariensis Lapparent p. 10
1968Bothriospondylus madagascariensis de Ricqlès p. 164
1970Ornithopsis leedsi Macfadyen p. 127
1970Cetiosaurus leedsi Steel p. 64
1970Bothriospondylus madagascariensis Steel p. 67
1970Algoasaurus Steel p. 75
1970Algoasaurus bauri Steel p. 75
1970Cetiosaurus leedsi Swinton pp. 168-169
1975Bothriospondylus madagascariensis Ogier p. 3–4
1976Algoasaurus bauri McLachlan and McMillan p. 204
1977Bothriospondylus madagascariensis Taquet p. 328
1978Bothriospondylus madagascariensis Ingavat and Taquet pp. SP1-2
1979Bothriospondylus madagascariensis Jain et al. p. 206
1979Cetiosaurus leedsi Jain et al. p. 206
1980Bothriospondylus madagascariensis Molnar p. 136
1980Algoasaurus Molnar p. 138
1983Cetiosaurus leedsi Galton pp. 2-3
1983Algoasaurus Rich et al. p. 285–287
1983Algoasaurus bauri Rich et al. p. 285
1983Bothriospondylus madagascariensis Rich et al. p. 287 fig. 9
1984Bothriospondylus madagascariensis Taquet p. 79
1985Algoasaurus Rich and Rich p. 647
1985Algoasaurus bauri Rich and Rich p. 647
1986Bothriospondylus madagascariensis Bonaparte p. 251
1986Bothriospondylus madagascariensis Sanz p. 85
1987Algosaurus Casanovas et al. p. 98
1987Cetiosaurus leedsi Sanz et al. p. 59
1987Bothriospondylus madagascariensis Sanz et al. p. 60
1988Algoasaurus Carroll
1988Ornithopsis leedsi Martill p. 184
1991Bothriospondylus madagascariensis Buffetaut et al. p. 25
1992Algoasaurus Molnar p. 266
1992Algoasaurus bauri Molnar p. 266
1993Bothriospondylus madagascariensis Martin et al. p. 422
1993Bothriospondylus madagascariensis Salgado p. 268
1994Ornithopsis leedsi Brokenshire and Clarke p. 178
1995Eusauropoda Upchurch p. 253
1996Algoasaurus Jacobs et al. p. 604
1997Algoasaurus bauri Chinsamy p. 677
1997Bothriospondylus madagascariensis Currie and Padian p. 369
1997Bothriospondylus madagascariensis Erickson p. 5
1997Eusauropoda Salgado et al. p. 7
1997Eusauropoda Sereno p. 444
1998Eusauropoda Sereno p. 63
1998Eusauropoda Wilson and Sereno p. 31
1999Eusauropoda Sereno p. 2138 fig. 2
1999Eusauropoda Sereno et al. p. 1346 fig. 4
2000Pelorosaurus leedsii Olshevsky p. 123
2002Eusauropoda Wilson p. 240 fig. 13
2003Algoasaurus bauri Carvalho et al. p. 709
2004Eusauropoda Upchurch et al. p. 262
2005Cetiosaurus leedsi Apesteguía p. 323 fig. 15.1
2006Bothriospondylus madagascariensis Flynn et al. p. 478
2006Eusauropoda Royo-Torres et al. p. 1926 fig. 3
2007Eusauropoda Smith and Pol p. 668 fig. 7
2007Eusauropoda Sánchez-Hernández et al. p. 196
2007Eusauropoda Upchurch et al. p. 62 fig. 3
2008Eusauropoda Allain and Aquesbi p. 404
2009Algoasaurus bauri Forster et al. p. 283
2010Eusauropoda Bandyopadhyay et al. pp. 562-563 fig. 17
2010Eusauropoda Suteethorn et al.
2010Eusauropoda Yates p. 750
2012Algoasaurus bauri Galton and Molnar p. 17
2012Algoasaurus bauri Ibiricu et al. p. 230
2015Eusauropoda Xing et al.
2019Ornithopsis leedsi Raveloson et al. p. 1
2020Eusauropoda Rauhut et al.
2021Cetiosaurus leedsi Apesteguía et al.
2021Eusauropoda Paulina-Carabajal et al.

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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
RankNameAuthor
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Saurischia()
Sauropoda()
Gravisauria
Eusauropoda
Eusauropoda

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.

Unr. †Eusauropoda Upchurch 1995
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G. †Amanzia Schwarz et al. 2020
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Amanzia greppini Huene 1922
G. †Bagualia Pol et al. 2020
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Bagualia alba Pol et al. 2020
G. †Cardiodon Owen 1841
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Cardiodon rugulosus Owen 1844
Fm. †Cetiosauridae Lydekker 1888 [cetiosaurid]
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G. †Chebsaurus Mahammed et al. 2005
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Chebsaurus algeriensis Mahammed et al. 2005
G. †Protognathosaurus Olshevsky 1991 [first jaw lizard]
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Invalid names: Protognathus Zhang 1988 [replaced]
Invalid names: Cardiodontidae Lydekker 1895 [objective synonym], Cardiodontinae Huene 1927 [empty], Cetiosaurinae Kuhn 1939 [empty], Shunosaurinae McIntosh 1990 [empty]
G. †Cetiosauriscus Huene 1927
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Cetiosauriscus stewarti Charig 1980
G. †Datousaurus Dong and Tang 1984
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Datousaurus bashanensis Dong and Tang 1984
G. †Dystrophaeus Cope 1877
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G. †Ferganasaurus Alifanov and Averianov 2003
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Ferganasaurus verzilini Alifanov and Averianov 2003
G. †Haestasaurus Upchurch et al. 2015
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Haestasaurus becklesii Mantell 1852
G. †Janenschia Wild 1991
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Janenschia robusta Fraas 1908
G. †Jobaria Sereno et al. 1999
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Jobaria tiguidensis Sereno et al. 1999
G. †Lapparentosaurus Bonaparte 1986
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Unr. †Mamenchisauridae Chao 1965 [mamenchisaurid]
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G. †Abrosaurus Ouyang 1989
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Abrosaurus dongpoensis Ouyang 1989
G. †Analong Ren et al. 2021
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Analong chuanjieensis Ren et al. 2021
G. †Anhuilong Ren et al. 2018
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Anhuilong diboensis Ren et al. 2018
G. †Bellusaurus Dong 1990
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Bellusaurus sui Dong 1990
G. †Chuanjiesaurus Fang et al. 2000
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Chuanjiesaurus anaensis Fang et al. 2000
G. †Daanosaurus Ye et al. 2005
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Daanosaurus zhangi Ye et al. 2005
G. †Eomamenchisaurus Lü et al. 2008
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Eomamenchisaurus yuanmouensis Lü et al. 2008
G. †Huangshanlong Huang et al. 2014
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Huangshanlong anhuiensis Huang et al. 2014
G. †Hudiesaurus Dong 1997
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G. †Jingia Ren et al. 2024
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Jingia dongxingensis Ren et al. 2024
G. †Klamelisaurus Zhao 1993
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G. †Mamenchisaurus Young 1954
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Mamenchisaurus anyuensis He et al. 1996
Mamenchisaurus jingyanensis Zhang et al. 1998
Mamenchisaurus sinocanadorum Russell and Zheng 1994
Mamenchisaurus youngi Pi et al. 1996
G. †Omeisaurus Young 1939
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Omeisaurus fuxiensis Dong et al. 1983
Omeisaurus jiaoi Jiang et al. 2011
Omeisaurus maoianus Tang et al. 2001
Omeisaurus puxiani Tan et al. 2020
Omeisaurus tianfuensis He et al. 1984
G. †Qijianglong Xing et al. 2015
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Qijianglong guokr Xing et al. 2015
G. †Rhomaleopakhus Upchurch et al. 2021
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Rhomaleopakhus turpanensis Upchurch et al. 2021
G. †Tienshanosaurus Young 1937
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Invalid names: Tienshanosaurus chitaiensis Young 1937 [nomen dubium]
G. †Tonganosaurus Li et al. 2010
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Tonganosaurus hei Li et al. 2010
G. †Wamweracaudia Mannion et al. 2019
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Wamweracaudia keranjei Mannion et al. 2019
G. †Xinjiangtitan Wu et al. 2013
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Xinjiangtitan shanshanesis Wu et al. 2013
G. †Yuanmousaurus Lü et al. 2006
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Yuanmousaurus jiangyiensis Lü et al. 2006
G. †Zigongosaurus Hou et al. 1976
Invalid names: Omeisauridae Wilson 2002 [synonym]
G. †Nebulasaurus Xing et al. 2015
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Nebulasaurus taito Xing et al. 2015
Unr. †Neosauropoda Bonaparte 1986
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G. †Archaeodontosaurus Buffetaut 2005
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Unr. †Diplodocoidea Upchurch 1995
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G. †Amphicoelias Cope 1877
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Amphicoelias altus Cope 1877
Amphicoelias brontodiplodocus Galiano and Albersdörfer 2010
Unr. †Diplodocimorpha Calvo and Salgado 1995
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Unr. †Flagellicaudata Harris and Dodson 2004
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Unr. †Dicraeosauridae Huene 1927 [dicraeosaurid]
Unr. †Diplodocidae Marsh 1884 [diplodocid]
Invalid names: Diplodocus lacustris Marsh 1884 [nomen dubium]
Unr. †Rebbachisauridae Bonaparte 1997
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G. †Agustinia Bonaparte 1999
G. †Amazonsaurus Carvalho et al. 2003
G. †Comahuesaurus Carballido et al. 2012
G. †Histriasaurus Dalla Vecchia 1998
G. †Katepensaurus Ibiricu et al. 2013
Unr. †Khebbashia Fanti et al. 2015
G. †Lavocatisaurus Canudo et al. 2018
G. †Maraapunisaurus Carpenter 2018
G. †Rayososaurus Bonaparte 1996
G. †Sidersaura Lerzo et al. 2024
G. †Xenoposeidon Taylor and Naish 2007
G. †Zapalasaurus Salgado et al. 2006
Invalid names: Rebbachisaurus tamesnensis Lapparent 1957 [nomen dubium]
G. †Haplocanthosaurus Hatcher 1903
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Haplocanthosaurus delfsi McIntosh and Williams 1988
Haplocanthosaurus priscus Hatcher 1903
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Invalid names: Haplocanthosaurus utterbacki Hatcher 1903 [synonym]
Invalid names: Haplocanthus Hatcher 1903 [synonym]
Invalid names: Cetiosaurus glymptonensis Phillips 1871 [nomen dubium], Rebbachisauroidea Apesteguía 2007 [synonym]
Unr. †Macronaria Sereno 1997
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G. †Aragosaurus Sanz et al. 1987
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Aragosaurus ischiaticus Sanz et al. 1987
G. †Atlasaurus Monbaron et al. 1999
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Atlasaurus imelakei Monbaron et al. 1999
Unr. †Camarasauromorpha Salgado et al. 1997
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Fm. †Camarasauridae Cope 1877 [camarasaurid]
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G. †Camarasaurus Cope 1877
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Invalid names: Cathetosaurus Jensen 1988 [synonym], Caulodon Cope 1877 [synonym], Morosaurus Marsh 1878 [synonym], Uintasaurus Holland 1919 [synonym]
G. †Lourinhasaurus Dantas et al. 1998
Invalid names: Helopodinae Huene 1932 [empty]
G. †Europasaurus Sander et al. 2006
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Europasaurus holgeri Sander et al. 2006
G. †Tehuelchesaurus Rich et al. 1999
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Tehuelchesaurus benitezii Rich et al. 1999
Invalid names: Brachiosauria Upchurch 1997 [synonym]
G. †Dashanpusaurus Peng et al. 2005
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Dashanpusaurus dongi Peng et al. 2005
G. †Galveosaurus Sánchez-Hernández 2005
G. †Yuzhoulong Dai et al. 2022
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Yuzhoulong qurenensis Dai et al. 2022
Invalid names: Apatosaurus minimus Mook 1917 [nomen dubium], Astrodon Johnston 1859 [nomen dubium], Bothriospondylus robustus Owen 1875 [nomen dubium], Dinodocus Owen 1884 [nomen dubium], Dinodocus mackesoni Owen 1884 [nomen dubium], Titanomorpha Sereno 1997 [empty]
G. †Oobardjidama Salisbury et al. 2016
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Oobardjidama foulkesi Salisbury et al. 2016
Superfm. †Titanosauroidea Upchurch 1995
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Invalid names: Epachthosaurinae Salgado 2003 [empty]
Invalid names: Bothriospondylus Owen 1875 [nomen dubium], Bothriospondylus suffossus Owen 1875 [nomen dubium], Ischyrosaurus Hulke 1874 [nomen dubium], Ischyrosaurus manseli Lydekker 1888 [nomen dubium]
G. †Perijasaurus Rincón et al. 2022
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Perijasaurus lapaz Rincón et al. 2022
G. †Rhoetosaurus Longman 1926
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Rhoetosaurus brownei Longman 1926
G. †Shunosaurus Dong et al. 1983
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Shunosaurus lii Dong et al. 1983
Unr. †Turiasauria Royo-Torres et al. 2006
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G. †Losillasaurus Casanovas et al. 2001
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Losillasaurus giganteus Casanovas et al. 2001
G. †Mierasaurus Royo-Torres et al. 2017
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Mierasaurus bobyoungi Royo-Torres et al. 2017
G. †Moabosaurus Britt et al. 2017
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Moabosaurus utahensis Britt et al. 2017
G. †Narindasaurus Royo-Torres et al. 2021
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Narindasaurus thevenini Royo-Torres et al. 2021
G. †Tendaguria Bonaparte et al. 2000
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Tendaguria tanzaniensis Bonaparte et al. 2000
G. †Turiasaurus Royo-Torres et al. 2006
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Turiasaurus riodevensis Royo-Torres et al. 2006
G. †Zby Mateus et al. 2014
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Zby atlanticus Mateus et al. 2014
Invalid names: Algoasaurus Broom 1904 [nomen dubium], Algoasaurus bauri Broom 1904 [nomen dubium], Bothriospondylus madagascariensis Lydekker 1895 [nomen dubium], Ornithopsis leedsi Hulke 1887 [nomen dubium], Ornithopsis leedsii Hulke 1887 [nomen dubium]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
L. Salgado et al. 1997Anterior trochanter of femur absent. Anteroposterior diameter of distal end of tibia subequal/greater than distal width.
R. Allain and N. Aquesbi 2008Thus, 16 unambiguous synapomorphies diagnose this clade: the anteroposterior length of the frontal which is less than its minimum transverse breadth; a long anterior process of the quadratojugal; the presence of a quadrate fossa; a dorsoventrally expanded prearticular; the U-shaped anterior portion of the tooth rows; the reduced number of phalanges of the manual digit II; the S-shaped pubic symphysis; the reduced femoral fourth trochanter, the laterally projected tibial cnemial crest; the spreading posture of the metatarsus; the length of the metatarsal III which is less than 25% that of the tibia; the broader transversely than long proximodistally proximal pedal phalanges; the shallow or absent collateral ligament fossae on the non-ungual pedal phalanges; the rudimentary penultimate phalanges of the pedal digits II-IV; the sickle-shaped unguals of the pedal digits II-III; and the rudimentary pedal digit IV ungual.
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: 100000 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 Rhaetian to the top of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 208.50000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (575 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Belgium (Gaume) Eusauropoda indet. (68882)
Early/Lower Jurassic201.3 - 174.1China (Sichuan) Tonganosaurus hei (74735)
Early/Lower Jurassic201.3 - 174.1Morocco (Khénifra) Eusauropoda indet. (191928)
Jurassic201.3 - 145.0United Kingdom (England) Cetiosauridae indet. (83122)
Early/Lower Pliensbachian189.6 - 183.0Denmark (Bornholm) Turiasauria indet. (223749)
Toarcian - Bajocian182.7 - 168.3China (Sichuan) Cetiosauridae indet. (227430)
Middle Toarcian182.0 - 175.6Argentina (Chubut) Eusauropoda indet. (109131)
Late/Upper Toarcian - Early/Lower Aalenian180.1 - 171.6Colombia Sauropoda indet. (34727)
Aalenian174.1 - 170.3United Kingdom (England) Eusauropoda indet. (170146)
Aalenian - Bajocian174.1 - 168.3China (Yunnan) Nebulasaurus taito (145659)

Youngest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Argentina (Neuquén) Rebbachisauridae indet. (51946)
Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5France (Pays de la Loire) Titanosauridae indet. (48860)
Late/Upper Cenomanian - Turonian99.6 - 89.8Argentina (Neuquén) Rebbachisauridae indet. (226993) Rebbachisauridae indet., Sidersaura marae (123202) Rebbachisaurus tessonei (58981) Sidersaura marae (232882)
Late/Upper Cenomanian - Turonian99.6 - 89.8Argentina (Río Negro) Rebbachisauridae indet. (67296)
Middle Cenomanian - Turonian99.6 - 89.8Argentina (Chubut) Katepensaurus goicoecheai (152253) Rebbachisauridae indet. (123284)
Middle Cenomanian - Late/Upper Turonian99.6 - 89.3Argentina (Chubut) Diplodocidae indet. (68151) Rebbachisauridae indet. (115564)
Coniacian89.8 - 86.3Argentina (Chubut) Rebbachisauridae indet. (219559)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Spain (Castilla y Leon) Eusauropoda indet., Neosauropoda indet. (48861)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Pakistan (Balochistan) Eusauropoda indet. (79429)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0India (Tamil Nadu) Camarasauridae indet. (71480)