Borealosaurus You et al. 2004 (sauropod)

Reptilia - Saurischia

Full reference: H. You, Q. Ji, M. C. Lamanna, J. Li, and Y. Li. 2004. A titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur with opsithocoelous caudal vertebrae from the early Late Cretaceous of Liaoning province, China. Acta Geologica Sinica 78(4):907-911

Parent taxon: Titanosauria according to A. O. Averianov and H.-D. Sues 2017

See also Mannion and Calvo 2011, Wilson and Upchurch 2009 and You et al. 2004

Sister taxa: Abdarainurus, Aegyptosaurus, Andesauridae, Andesauroidea, Andesaurus, Argyrosaurinae, Argyrosaurus, Baalsaurus, Balochisauridae, Baotianmansaurus, Barrosasaurus, Choconsaurus, Colossosauria, Dgkhansaurus, Dongyangosaurus, Dzharatitanis, Eutitanosauria, Gandititan, Hamititan, Karongasaurus, Laplatasaurus, Lithostrotia, Malakhelisaurus, Malarguesaurus, Mnyamawamtuka, Mongolosaurus, Narambuenatitan, Ninjatitan, Pashtosaurus, Petrobrasaurus, Poripuchia, Pseudomegaloolithus, Rukwatitan, Teratopodus, Titanopodus, Titanosauridae, Titanosaurus, Titanosaurus indicus

Subtaxa: Borealosaurus wimani

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Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Shuangmiao, Beipiao (Cretaceous of China)

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