†unranked clade Turiasauria Royo-Torres et al. 2006 (sauropod)

Reptilia - Saurischia

Full reference: R. Royo-Torres, A. Cobos, and L. Alcalá. 2006. A giant European dinosaur and a new sauropod clade. Science 314:1925-1927

Parent taxon: Eusauropoda according to P. D. Mannion et al. 2019

See also Mannion et al. 2017, Milàn and Mateus 2024, Royo-Torres et al. 2006, Royo-Torres and Upchurch 2012 and Royo-Torres et al. 2017

Sister taxa: Algoasaurus, Algoasaurus bauri, Bagualia, Bothriospondylus madagascariensis, Cardiodon, Cetiosauridae, Cetiosaurus glymptonensis, Datousaurus, Dystrophaeus, Ferganasaurus, Haestasaurus, Huashanosaurus, Janenschia, Jobaria, Lapparentosaurus, Mamenchisauridae, Nebulasaurus, Neosauropoda, Ornithopsis leedsi, Ornithopsis leedsii, Perijasaurus, Rhoetosaurus, Shunosaurus, Tharosaurus, Tharosaurus indicus

Subtaxa: Amanzia Losillasaurus Mierasaurus Moabosaurus Narindasaurus Tendaguria Turiasaurus Zby

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Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of France (1 collection), Libya (1), Niger (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (2: Utah)

• Jurassic of Argentina (1), Denmark (1), India (1), Madagascar (1), Portugal (15), Spain (8), Switzerland (1), Tanzania (2)

Total: 36 collections including 38 occurrences

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