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Titanosauridae
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Nominal Author | Lydekker 1895 |
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Taxon Status | INACTIVE |
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Definition Status | Unknown |
Definition Type | Unknown |
Node-Stem Triplet | Unknown |
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Rejection Criteria |
other |
Critique | Although defined by three authors with comparable definitions (Salgado et al. 1997, Gonzalaz-Riga 2003, Salgado 2003) and in wide use before that, Titanosauridae is not recommended here for continued use. Wilson and Upchurch (2003) have reviewed the inadequate nature of the type species of the genus Titanosaurus, and thus all family group names based on the nominotypical genus Titanosaurus should be abandoned (including Titanosaurinae, Titanosauridae, Titanosauroidea). |
Definitional History #1 | |
Earliest Record | The clade including the most recent common ancestor of Epachthosaurus scuittoi, Malawisaurus dixeyi, Argentinosaurus huinculensis, Titanosauridae indet. (DGM “Serie B”), Opisthocoelicaudia skarzynskii, Aeolosaurus, Alamosaurus sanjuanensis, Saltasaurinae, and all of its descendants. |
Latest Record | Salgado et al. 1997:20 |
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Epachthosaurus sciuttoi, Malawisaurus dixeyi, Argentinosaurus huinculensis, Titanosauridae indet. (DGM “Serie B”), Opisthocoelicaudia skarzynskii, Aeolosaurus, |
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Earliest Record | The clade including the most recent common ancestor of Malawisaurus, Epachthosaurus, Argentinosaurus, Opisthocoelicaudia, Aeolosaurus, Alamosaurus, Saltisaurinae and all of its descendants. |
Latest Record | Gonzalaz-Riga 2003:168 |
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Malawisaurus, Epachthosaurus, Argentinosaurus, Opisthocoelicaudia, Aeolosaurus, Alamosaurus, Saltisaurinae |
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Earliest Record | Epachthosaurus, Saltasaurus, their most recent common ancestor and all its descendants. |
Latest Record | Salgado 2003:20 |
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Epachthosaurus, Saltasaurus |
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