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Saltasaurini

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Saltasaurini was named by Salgado and Bonaparte (2007). Its type is Saltasaurus. It was considered monophyletic by Otero and Reguero (2013).

It was assigned to Titanosauria by Gallina and Otero (2015); and to Saltasaurinae by Otero and Reguero (2013) and Navarro et al. (2022).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2007Saltasaurini Salgado and Bonaparte
2013Saltasaurini Otero and Reguero p. 11
2015Saltasaurini Gallina and Otero p. 498
2022Saltasaurini Navarro et al. p. 344 fig. 13

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
RankNameAuthor
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Saurischia()
Sauropoda()
Gravisauria
Eusauropoda
Neosauropoda
Macronaria
Titanosauriformes
Titanosauria
Lithostrotia
superfamilySaltasauroideaPowell 1992
Lohuecosauria
Saltasauridae()
subfamilySaltasaurinae
tribeSaltasauriniSalgado and Bonaparte 2007
tribeSaltasauriniSalgado and Bonaparte 2007

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.

Tr. †Saltasaurini Salgado and Bonaparte 2007
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G. †Neuquensaurus Powell 1992
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Neuquensaurus australis Lydekker 1893
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Invalid names: Loricosaurus scutatus Huene 1927 [synonym]
Invalid names: Loricosaurus Huene 1927 [synonym], Microcoelus Lydekker 1893 [synonym], Neuquensaurus robustus Huene 1927 [nomen dubium]
G. †Saltasaurus Bonaparte and Powell 1980
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Saltasaurus loricatus Bonaparte and Powell 1980
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available