†unranked clade Somphospondyli Wilson and Sereno 1998 (sauropod)

Reptilia - Saurischia

Full reference: J. A. Wilson and P. C. Sereno. 1998. Early evolution and higher-level phylogeny of sauropod dinosaurs. Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Memoir 5. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 18(2 (suppl.)):1-68

Parent taxon: Titanosauriformes according to V. Lim et al. 2023

See also Allain and Aquesbi 2008, Apesteguía et al. 2021, Curry Rogers 2005, D'Emic 2012, D'Emic 2013, Filippi 2015, Gasparini et al. 2015, González Riga et al. 2009, Mateus et al. 2012, Sereno 1998, Sereno 1999, Suteethorn et al. 2010, Wilson 2002, Wilson and Sereno 1998, Wilson and Upchurch 2009, Xing et al. 2015 and You et al. 2004

Sister taxa: Brachiosauridae, Brohisaurus, Brohisaurus kirthari, Duriatitan, Eucamerotus, Fukuititan, Fushanosaurus, Fusuisaurus, Huanghetitanidae, Iuticosaurus, Iuticosaurus valdensis, Jiutaisaurus, Jiutaisaurus xidiensis, Laurasiformes, Liaoningotitan, Macrurosaurus, Macrurosaurus semnus, Occitanopodus, Oceanotitan, Ornithopsis, Pelorosaurus, Pleurocoelus, Pukyongosaurus, Pukyongosaurus millenniumi, Rugocaudia, Rugocaudia cooneyi, Titanosaurimanus

Subtaxa: Angolatitan Arkharavia Arkharavia heterocoelica Astrophocaudia Australodocus Austrosaurus Brontomerus Chubutisaurus Dongbeititan Euhelopodidae Europatitan Gannansaurus Garumbatitan Huanghetitan Huanghetitan ruyangensis Jiangshanosaurus Jiangxititan Ligabuesaurus Liubangosaurus Padillasaurus Sauroposeidon Sibirotitan Sonidosaurus Tastavinsaurus Triunfosaurus Wintonotitan Yunmenglong

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Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Angola (1 collection), Argentina (3), Australia (4), Brazil (2), Cambodia (1), Cameroon (1), China (27), Colombia (1), Croatia (1), Egypt (3), Japan (2), Laos (2), Mongolia (1), Morocco (2), the Russian Federation (3), Spain (9), Sudan (1), Thailand (14), Tunisia (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (8: Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah, Wyoming)

• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Thailand (1)

• Jurassic of Cuba (1), Tanzania (1)

Total: 91 collections including 93 occurrences

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