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Saltasauridae (saltasaurid)
Taxonomy
Saltasauridae was named by Sereno (1998). Its type is Saltasaurus.
It was reranked as the unranked clade Saltasauridae by Carballido et al. (2022) and Mocho et al. (2024).
It was assigned to Titanosauria by Sereno (1998), Wilson (2002), You et al. (2004) and Malkani (2008); to Lithostrotia by Wilson and Upchurch (2003), Upchurch et al. (2004), Royo-Torres et al. (2006), Zaher et al. (2011), D'Emic (2012) and Gorscak et al. (2017); to Saltasauroidea by Navarro et al. (2022) and Carballido et al. (2022); and to Lohuecosauria by Mocho et al. (2024).
It was reranked as the unranked clade Saltasauridae by Carballido et al. (2022) and Mocho et al. (2024).
It was assigned to Titanosauria by Sereno (1998), Wilson (2002), You et al. (2004) and Malkani (2008); to Lithostrotia by Wilson and Upchurch (2003), Upchurch et al. (2004), Royo-Torres et al. (2006), Zaher et al. (2011), D'Emic (2012) and Gorscak et al. (2017); to Saltasauroidea by Navarro et al. (2022) and Carballido et al. (2022); and to Lohuecosauria by Mocho et al. (2024).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1998 | Saltasauridae Sereno p. 63 |
| 2002 | Saltasauridae Wilson p. 240 fig. 13 |
| 2003 | Saltasauridae Wilson and Upchurch p. 156 |
| 2004 | Saltasauridae Upchurch et al. p. 270 |
| 2004 | Saltasauridae You et al. p. 910 fig. 6 |
| 2006 | Saltasauridae Royo-Torres et al. p. 1926 fig. 3 |
| 2008 | Saltasauridae Malkani p. 69 |
| 2011 | Saltasauridae Zaher et al. p. 8 fig. 7 |
| 2012 | Saltasauridae D'Emic |
| 2017 | Saltasauridae Gorscak et al. p. 14 |
| 2022 | Saltasauridae Carballido et al. |
| 2022 | Saltasauridae Navarro et al. p. 344 fig. 13 |
| 2024 | Saltasauridae Mocho 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.
Unr. †Saltasauridae Sereno 1998 [saltasaurid]
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Subfm. †Opisthocoelicaudiinae McIntosh 1990
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G. †Opisthocoelicaudia Borsuk-Bialynicka 1977
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†Opisthocoelicaudia skarzynskii Borsuk-Bialynicka 1977
Subfm. †Saltasaurinae Powell 1992 [saltasaurine]
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Tr. †Saltasaurini Salgado and Bonaparte 2007
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G. †Neuquensaurus Powell 1992
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Invalid names: Loricosaurus Huene 1927 [synonym], Microcoelus Lydekker 1893 [synonym], Neuquensaurus robustus Huene 1927 [nomen dubium]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available