Saltasauridae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Saltasauroidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha Cladus: Crurotarsi Cladus: Archosauria Cladus: Avemetatarsalia Cladus: Ornithodira Cladus: Dinosauromorpha Cladus: Dinosauriformes Cladus: Dracohors Cladus: Dinosauria Cladus: Saurischia Cladus: Eusaurischia Cladus: †Sauropodomorpha Cladus: †Bagualosauria Cladus: †Plateosauria Cladus: †Massopoda Cladus: †Sauropodiformes Cladus: †Anchisauria Cladus: †Sauropoda Cladus: †Gravisauria Cladus: †Eusauropoda Cladus: †Neosauropoda Cladus: †Macronaria Cladus: †Camarasauromorpha Cladus: †Titanosauriformes Cladus: †Titanosauria Cladus: †Eutitanosauria Superfamilia: †Saltasauroidea

Familia: †Saltasauridae
Subfamiliae: †Saltasaurinae – †Opisthocoelicaudiinae
Genera (12): †Alamosaurus – †Bonatitan – †Ibirania – †Igai – †Neuquensaurus – †Nicksaurus – †Opisthocoelicaudia – †Qingxiusaurus – †Rocasaurus – †Saltasaurus – †Yamanasaurus – †Zhuchengtitan

Name

Saltasauridae Powell 1992 sensu Sereno 1998

Type genus: Saltasaurus Bonaparte & Powell 1980

References

Primary references

Powell, J.E. 1992. Osteología de Saltasaurus loricatus (Sauropoda–Titanosauridae) del Cretácico Superior del noroeste Argentino. In: Sanz, J.L. & Buscalioni, A.D. (eds.). Los Dinosaurios y Su Entorno Biotico. Instituto Juan de Valdes, Cuenca: 165–230. ISBN 84-86788-14-5. Reference page.
Sereno, P.C. 1998. A rationale for phylogenetic definitions, with application to the higher-level taxonomy of Dinosauria. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen 210(1): 41–83. DOI: 10.1127/njgpa/210/1998/41 Reference page.

Additional references

Bonaparte, J.F. & Powell, J.E. 1980. A continental assemblage of tetrapods from the Upper Cretaceous beds of El Brete, northwestern Argentina (Sauropoda-Coelurosauria-Carnosauria-Aves). Mémoires de la Société Géologique de France, Nouvelle Série 139: 19–28. Reference page.
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