Dinosauria
Saurischia
Sauropodomorpha
Sauropoda
Macronaria
Titanosauriformes
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Titanosauria
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Eutitanosauria
Saltasauridae
Pronunciation: SAHL-tah-SOR-ih-day
Author: Powell
Year: 1992
Meaning: Salta lizards
Locomotion: Quadrupedal (four leg drive)
Synonyms: None known
Author: Powell
Year: 1992
Meaning: Salta lizards
Locomotion: Quadrupedal (four leg drive)
Synonyms: None known
[Sereno, 1998]Definition:
Opisthocoelicaudia skarzynskii, Saltasaurus loricatus, theirmost recent common ancestor and all descendants.
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References
• Powell JE (1992) "Osteologia de Saltasaurus loricatus (Sauropoda - Titanosauridae) del Cretácico Superior del noroeste Argentino" [Osteology of Saltasaurus loricatus (Sauropoda - Titanosauridae) from the Upper Cretaceous of northwest Argentina]. In Sanz and Buscalioni (eds.) "Los Dinosaurios y Su Entorno Biotico: Actas del Segundo Curso de Paleontologia in Cuenca". Institutio "Juan de Valdes", Cuenca, Argentina: 165-230. (English translation by Nancie M. Ecker and Virginia Tidwell.)
• PC Sereno (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.
• Mannion PD, Upchurch P, Barnes RN and Mateus O (2013) "Osteology of the Late Jurassic Portuguese sauropod dinosaur Lusotitan atalaiensis (Macronaria) and the evolutionary history of basal titanosauriforms". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 168(1): 98-206. DOI: 10.1111/zoj.12029.
