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Clade
Subclade

Taxon
Taxon
Saltasauridae
Nominal Author
Powell 1992
2nd Nominal Author
Sereno 1998
Taxon Status ACTIVE
Comments
The active definition is a textual variant of a definition given by Wilson and Upchurch (2003), which is a first-order revision of a similar definition given by Sereno (1998).
Potential Synonomy

Active Phylogenetic Definition
Active Definition
The least inclusive clade containing Opisthocoelicaudia skarzynskii Borsuk-Bialynicka 1977 and Saltasaurus loricatus Bonaparte and Powell 1980.
Shorthand
< Opisthocoelicaudia skarzynskii and Saltasaurus loricatus.
Definitional Author
Wilson and Upchurch 2003
Definition Status TEXTUAL SUBSTITUTION
Definition Type NODE
Node-Stem Triplet NODE
Other Triplet Taxa
Saltasaurinae, Opisthocoelicaudiinae
Specifiers
Specifier(s) A
Opisthocoelicaudia skarzynskii
Specifier(s) B
Saltasaurus loricatus
Specifier(s) C
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Datum
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Publication Year Unknown
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1998

Inactive Taxon Status
Rejection Criteria
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Opisthocoelicaudia, Saltasaurus, their most recent common ancestor and all descendants.
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Sereno 1998:63
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Definitional History #2
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Opisthocoelicaudia skarzynskii (Borsuk-Bialynicka 1977), Saltasaurus loricatus (Bonaparte and Powell 1980), their most recent common ancestor and all descendants.
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Wilson and Upchurch 2003:156
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