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Taxon |
Titanosauriformes
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Nominal Author | Salgado et al. 1997 |
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Taxon Status | ACTIVE |
Comments | First coined and defined as a node-based taxon by Salgado et al. (1997), Titanosauriformes has had similar definitions by subsequent authors. Using only two well known, nested species (Saltasaurus loricatus, Brachiosaurus brancai) creates the least ambiguous definition. |
Potential Synonomy |
Active Phylogenetic Definition | |
Active Definition |
The least inclusive clade containing Brachiosaurus brancai Janensch 1914 and Saltasaurus loricatus Bonaparte and Powell 1980.
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Shorthand |
< Brachiosaurus brancai and Saltasaurus loricatus. |
Definitional Author |
Sereno 2005 |
Definition Status | checked |
Definition Type | NODE |
Node-Stem Triplet | NODE |
Other Triplet Taxa |
Brachiosauridae, Somphospondyli |
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Specifier(s) A |
Brachiosaurus brancai |
Specifier(s) B |
Saltasaurus loricatus |
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Unknown Unknown Unknown 1997 |
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Definitional History #1 | |
Earliest Record | The most recent common ancestor of Brachiosaurus brancai, Chubutisaurus insignis, Titanosauria, and all of its descendants. |
Latest Record | Salgado et al. 1997:12 |
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Earliest Record | Brachiosaurus, Saltasaurus, their common ancestor, and all descendants, including by this definition Brachiosauridae and Somphospondylidae. |
Latest Record | Wilson and Sereno 1998:51 |
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Definitional History #3 | |
Earliest Record | Brachiosaurus, Saltasaurus, their most recent common ancestor and all descendants. |
Latest Record | Sereno 1998:63 |
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