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Colossosauria
Pronunciation: kuh-LOSS-o SOR-ree-uh
Author: González-Riga et al.
Year: 2019
Meaning: Large and Powerful lizards
Locomotion: Quadrupedal (four legs)
Synonyms: None known
Author: González-Riga et al.
Year: 2019
Meaning: Large and Powerful lizards
Locomotion: Quadrupedal (four legs)
Synonyms: None known
[Carballido et al., 2022]Definition
The most inclusive clade containing Patagotitan mayorum but not Saltasaurus loricatus.
About
Click here to view Dinochecker's A-Z list of Colossosaurians.
Etymology
Colossosauria is derived from the Greek "colossos" (unusually large and powerful), "sauros" (lizard) and "-ia" (neuter plural), in reference to the gigantic size of some of its members.
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References
• González Riga BJ, Lamanna MC, Otero A, Ortiz David LD, Kellner AWA and Ibiricu LM (2019) "An overview of the appendicular skeletal anatomy of South American titanosaurian sauropods, with definition of a newly recognized clade". Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências. 91 (suppl 2): e20180374. DOI: 10.1590/0001-3765201920180374.
• Carballido JL, Otero A, Mannion PD, Salgado L and Moreno AP (2022) "Titanosauria: A Critical Reappraisal of Its Systematics and the Relevance of the South American Record". Page 269–298 in Otero, Carballido and Pol (eds.) "South American Sauropodomorph Dinosaurs. Record, Diversity and Evolution". DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-95959-3.
