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Nemegtosauridae
Taxonomy
Nemegtosauridae was named by Upchurch (1995).
It was reranked as the unranked clade Nemegtosauridae by Carballido et al. (2022).
It was assigned to Sauropoda by Martin et al. (1999); to Diplodocoidea by Upchurch (1995), Upchurch (1995), Upchurch (1997) and Upchurch et al. (2004); to Titanosauria by Wilson (2002) and Wilson (2005); to Eutitanosauria by Suteethorn et al. (2010); to Lithostrotia by Zaher et al. (2011) and Poropat et al. (2016); and to Saltasauroidea by Carballido et al. (2022).
It was reranked as the unranked clade Nemegtosauridae by Carballido et al. (2022).
It was assigned to Sauropoda by Martin et al. (1999); to Diplodocoidea by Upchurch (1995), Upchurch (1995), Upchurch (1997) and Upchurch et al. (2004); to Titanosauria by Wilson (2002) and Wilson (2005); to Eutitanosauria by Suteethorn et al. (2010); to Lithostrotia by Zaher et al. (2011) and Poropat et al. (2016); and to Saltasauroidea by Carballido et al. (2022).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1995 | Nemegtosauridae Upchurch p. 253 |
| 1997 | Nemegtosauridae Upchurch p. 82A |
| 1999 | Nemegtosauridae Martin et al. |
| 2002 | Nemegtosauridae Wilson p. 240 fig. 13 |
| 2004 | Nemegtosauridae Upchurch et al. p. 263 |
| 2005 | Nemegtosauridae Wilson p. 284 |
| 2010 | Nemegtosauridae Suteethorn et al. |
| 2011 | Nemegtosauridae Zaher et al. p. 8 fig. 7 |
| 2016 | Nemegtosauridae Poropat et al. |
| 2022 | Nemegtosauridae Carballido 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.
Fm. †Nemegtosauridae Upchurch 1995
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G. †Nemegtosaurus Nowinski 1971
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†Nemegtosaurus mongoliensis Nowinski 1971
Invalid names: Nemegtosaurus pachi Dong 1977 [nomen dubium]
G. †Quaesitosaurus Kurzanov and Bannikov 1983
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†Quaesitosaurus orientalis Kurzanov and Bannikov 1983
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 Barremian to the top of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 130.00000 to 66.00000 Ma
Collections (9 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Late/Upper Barremian | Thailand (Khon Kaen) | Nemegtosauridae indet. (35973) | |
| Aptian - Albian | Thailand (Khon Kaen) | Nemegtosauridae indet. (92261) | |
| Early/Lower Albian | China (Gansu) | Nemegtosauridae indet. (45168) | |
| Late/Upper Coniacian | Japan (Fukushima) | Diplodocidae indet. (119091) | |
| Campanian - Maastrichtian | China (Xinjiang) | Nemegtosaurus pachi (64144) | |
| Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian | Argentina (Neuquén) | Megaloolithus patagonicus (61458) | |
| Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian | Mongolia (Omnogov) | Quaesitosaurus orientalis (51971) | |
| Maastrichtian | Mongolia (Omnogov) | Sauropoda indet. (180471) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | Romania (Hunedoara) | Megaloolithus siruguei (27894) |