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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), Mocho et al. (2024).
It was assigned to Titanosauria by Sereno (1998), Wilson (2002), You et al. (2004), 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), Gorscak et al. (2017); to Saltasauroidea by Navarro et al. (2022), 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), Mocho et al. (2024).
It was assigned to Titanosauria by Sereno (1998), Wilson (2002), You et al. (2004), 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), Gorscak et al. (2017); to Saltasauroidea by Navarro et al. (2022), 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
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: g = genus, infrao = infraorder | |||||
| References: Marsh 1875, Peczkis 1995 | |||||
Age range: base of the Santonian to the top of the Maastrichtian or 85.70000 to 66.00000 Ma
Collections (69 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Cretaceous | China (Guangxi) | Qingxiusaurus youjiangensis (83956) | |
| Senonian | Argentina (Río Negro) | Loricosaurus scutatus (64087) | |
| Santonian | Argentina (Neuquén) | Titanosaurus australis, Microcoelus patagonicus (51569) | |
| Santonian | Argentina (Río Negro) | Loricosaurus sp., Titanosaurus robustus (51581) | |
| Late/Upper Santonian - Early/Lower Campanian | Brazil (São Paulo) | Ibirania parva (227131 227132) Saltasauridae indet. (114464) Titanosauria indet. (232270) | |
| Campanian | China (Shandong) | Zhuchengtitan zangjiazhuangensis (96815) | |
| Early/Lower Campanian | Argentina (Río Negro) | Neuquensaurus sp. (51579) | |
| Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian | Argentina (Río Negro) | Neuquensaurus australis, Neuquensaurus sp., Neuquensaurus robustus (55740) Saltasaurinae indet. (67094) Saltasaurini indet. (219390) Titanosaurus australis, Loricosaurus scutatus (51573) | |
| Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian | Argentina (Mendoza) | Saltasauridae indet. (90139) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian | USA (New Mexico) | Alamosaurus sanjuanensis (47818 222071 222089) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian | France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) | Titanosauridae indet. (28454) | |
| Middle Campanian | Egypt | Titanosauria indet. (97711) | |
| Middle Campanian | Egypt (New Valley) | Saltasauridae indet. (229326) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Argentina (Río Negro) | Bonatitan reigi (49557) Rocasaurus muniozi, Saltasaurini indet. (231729) Rocasaurus sp., Saltasaurus n. sp. (32370) Saltasaurinae indet. (135703 219713) Titanosaurus robustus (52021) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Spain (Castilla-La Mancha) | Qunkasaura pintiquiniestra (91781) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian - Maastrichtian | USA (New Mexico) | Alamosaurus sp. (55289 233251) | |
| Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Argentina (Salta) | Neuquensaurus australis, Atlantosauridae indet. (13307) | |
| Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Spain (Cataluña) | Hypselosaurus sp. nov., Titanosauriformes indet. (36380) | |
| Lancian | USA (New Mexico) | Alamosaurus sanjuanensis (14518 47010 47817 70335) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | USA (Utah) | Alamosaurus sanjuanensis (45721 45722) Sauropoda indet. (45718) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | USA (New Mexico) | Alamosaurus sanjuanensis (47815 47819 54103 97795 117451 121580 121581 138834 138836 171027 179272 194978) Sauropoda indet. (46992) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | Ecuador (Loja) | Yamanasaurus lojaensis (206833) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | USA (Texas) | Alamosaurus sanjuanensis (52087 52090 61847 85189 85191 165562) Alamosaurus sp. (52091 165198 231098 231099 231100) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | Pakistan (Balochistan) | Balochisaurus malkani (220156) | |
| Maastrichtian | Mexico (Chihuahua) | Alamosaurus sanjuanensis (226999) | |
| Maastrichtian | Uruguay (Soriano) | Titanosaurus australis (59147) | |
| Maastrichtian | Mongolia (Omnogov) | Sauropoda indet. (37005) | |
| Maastrichtian | USA (Utah) | Alamosaurus sp. (224185) |