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Saltasaurinae (saltasaurine)
Taxonomy
Saltasaurinae was named by Powell (1992). Its type is Saltasaurus.
It was reranked as the unranked clade Saltasaurinae by Carballido et al. (2022).
It was assigned to Titanosauria by Salgado et al. (2005); to Titanosauridae by Powell (1992), Bonaparte and Coria (1993), Bonaparte (1996), Salgado (1996), Salgado and Calvo (1997), Salgado et al. (1997), Salgado and Azpilicueta (2000), Martinelli and Forasiepi (2004), Salgado and Coria (2005), Apesteguía (2005) and González Riga et al. (2009); to Eutitanosauria by Salgado (2003), Franco-Rosas et al. (2004), Calvo et al. (2007), Calvo et al. (2007) and Suteethorn et al. (2010); to Lithostrotia by Curry Rogers (2005) and González Riga and Ortiz David (2014); to Saltasauridae by Sereno (1998), Wilson (2002), Wilson and Upchurch (2003), You et al. (2004), D'Emic (2012), González Riga et al. (2016) and Navarro et al. (2022); and to Saltasauridae by Carballido et al. (2022).
It was reranked as the unranked clade Saltasaurinae by Carballido et al. (2022).
It was assigned to Titanosauria by Salgado et al. (2005); to Titanosauridae by Powell (1992), Bonaparte and Coria (1993), Bonaparte (1996), Salgado (1996), Salgado and Calvo (1997), Salgado et al. (1997), Salgado and Azpilicueta (2000), Martinelli and Forasiepi (2004), Salgado and Coria (2005), Apesteguía (2005) and González Riga et al. (2009); to Eutitanosauria by Salgado (2003), Franco-Rosas et al. (2004), Calvo et al. (2007), Calvo et al. (2007) and Suteethorn et al. (2010); to Lithostrotia by Curry Rogers (2005) and González Riga and Ortiz David (2014); to Saltasauridae by Sereno (1998), Wilson (2002), Wilson and Upchurch (2003), You et al. (2004), D'Emic (2012), González Riga et al. (2016) and Navarro et al. (2022); and to Saltasauridae by Carballido et al. (2022).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1992 | Saltasaurinae Powell p. 170 |
| 1993 | Saltasaurinae Bonaparte and Coria |
| 1996 | Saltasaurinae Bonaparte p. 105 |
| 1996 | Saltasaurinae Salgado p. 363 |
| 1997 | Saltasaurinae Salgado and Calvo p. 45 |
| 1997 | Saltasaurinae Salgado et al. pp. 24-25 fig. 19 |
| 1998 | Saltasaurinae Sereno p. 63 |
| 2000 | Saltasaurinae Salgado and Azpilicueta p. 259 |
| 2002 | Saltasaurinae Wilson p. 240 fig. 13 |
| 2003 | Saltasaurinae Salgado p. 17 fig. 1 |
| 2003 | Saltasaurinae Wilson and Upchurch p. 156 |
| 2004 | Saltasaurinae Franco-Rosas et al. p. 332 |
| 2004 | Saltasaurinae Martinelli and Forasiepi |
| 2004 | Saltasaurinae You et al. p. 910 fig. 6 |
| 2005 | Saltasaurinae Apesteguía p. 262 |
| 2005 | Saltasaurinae Curry Rogers pp. 71-73 fig. 2.13 |
| 2005 | Saltasaurinae Salgado et al. p. 625 |
| 2005 | Saltasaurinae Salgado and Coria p. 435 |
| 2007 | Saltasaurinae Calvo et al. p. 497 fig. 14 |
| 2007 | Saltasaurinae Calvo et al. p. 533 fig. 3 |
| 2009 | Saltasaurinae González Riga et al. p. 144 fig. 11 |
| 2010 | Saltasaurinae Suteethorn et al. |
| 2012 | Saltasaurinae D'Emic |
| 2014 | Saltasaurinae González Riga and Ortiz David p. 20 fig. 18 |
| 2016 | Saltasaurinae González Riga et al. |
| 2022 | Saltasaurinae Carballido et al. |
| 2022 | Saltasaurinae Navarro et al. p. 344 fig. 13 |
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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.
Subfm. †Saltasaurinae Powell 1992 [saltasaurine]
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Tr. †Saltasaurini Salgado and Bonaparte 2007
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G. †Neuquensaurus Powell 1992
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Invalid names: Loricosaurus Huene 1927 [synonym], Microcoelus Lydekker 1893 [synonym], Neuquensaurus robustus Huene 1927 [nomen dubium]
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| J. E. Powell 1992 | Titanosaurs of medium size, smaller than those in the remaining subfamilies. The skull with basal tubera fused medially. The supratemporal fenestra is closed. There are complex triangular basipterygoids with a prominent sagittal crest. The fenestra ovalis is open for the passage of nerves IX-XI. The foramina for the internal carotids are situated medially and anterior to the basipterygoids. The pleurocoels on the centra of the cervical and dorsal vertebrae are reduced. The cervical vertebrae are shorter and more robust than those of the Titanosaurinae. The neural spine of the dorsals is extremely thick and rounded. The centra of the caudal vertebrae are broader than tall, with variable development of spongy bone. The spines of the caudal vertebrae are posteriorly inclined, spines of the anterior vertebrae are low. Medial prominence is close to the upper edge of the scapula. There is a broad pelvis with ilia whose preacetabular process is extended laterally. |
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| Source: g = genus, infrao = infraorder | |||||
| References: Marsh 1875, Peczkis 1995 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Santonian to the top of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 85.80000 to 66.00000 Ma
Collections (59 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Senonian | Argentina (Río Negro) | Loricosaurus scutatus (64087) | |
| Santonian | Argentina (Río Negro) | Loricosaurus sp., Titanosaurus robustus (51581) | |
| Santonian | Argentina (Neuquén) | Titanosaurus australis, Microcoelus patagonicus (51569) | |
| Late/Upper Santonian - Early/Lower Campanian | Brazil (São Paulo) | Ibirania parva (227131 227132) Titanosauria indet. (232270) | |
| Early/Lower Campanian | Argentina (Río Negro) | Neuquensaurus sp. (51579) | |
| Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian | Argentina (Río Negro) | Neuquensaurus australis, Neuquensaurus sp., Neuquensaurus robustus (55740) Saltasaurinae indet. (67094) Saltasaurini indet. (219390) Titanosaurus australis, Loricosaurus scutatus (51573) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian | USA (New Mexico) | Alamosaurus sanjuanensis (47818 222071 222089) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Argentina (Río Negro) | Bonatitan reigi (49557) Rocasaurus muniozi, Saltasaurini indet. (231729) Rocasaurus sp., Saltasaurus n. sp. (32370) Saltasaurinae indet. (135703 219713) Titanosaurus robustus (52021) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian - Maastrichtian | USA (New Mexico) | Alamosaurus sp. (55289 233251) | |
| Maastrichtian | USA (Utah) | Alamosaurus sp. (224185) | |
| Maastrichtian | Mexico (Chihuahua) | Alamosaurus sanjuanensis (226999) | |
| Maastrichtian | Uruguay (Soriano) | Titanosaurus australis (59147) | |
| Maastrichtian | Argentina (Chubut) | Saltasaurinae indet. (231370) | |
| Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Argentina (Salta) | Neuquensaurus australis, Atlantosauridae indet. (13307) | |
| Lancian | USA (New Mexico) | Alamosaurus sanjuanensis (14518 47010 47817 70335) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | USA (New Mexico) | Alamosaurus sanjuanensis (47815 47819 54103 97795 117451 121580 121581 138834 138836 171027 179272 194978) Sauropoda indet. (46992) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | Ecuador (Loja) | Yamanasaurus lojaensis (206833) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | USA (Utah) | Alamosaurus sanjuanensis (45721 45722) Sauropoda indet. (45718) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | USA (Texas) | Alamosaurus sanjuanensis (52087 52090 61847 85189 85191 165562) Alamosaurus sp. (52091 165198 231098 231099 231100) |