Eusauropoda
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Eusauropods Temporal range: Early Jurassic—Late Cretaceous, 175–65.5Ma | |
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Skull of Jobaria | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Suborder: | †Sauropodomorpha |
Clade: | †Gravisauria |
Clade: | †Eusauropoda Upchurch, 1995 |
Subgroups[1] | |
Eusauropoda (meaning "true sauropods") is a clade of sauropod dinosaurs consisting of all sauropods closer to titanosaurs such as Saltasaurus than to primitive sauropods like Vulcanodon. It was named by Paul Upchurch in 1995.[2]
References
- ↑ Holtz, Thomas R. Jr. (2012) Dinosaurs: The Most Complete, Up-to-Date Encyclopedia for Dinosaur Lovers of All Ages, Winter 2011 Appendix.
- ↑ Upchurch, P. (1995). "The evolutionary history of sauropod dinosaurs." Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London B, 349: 365-390.
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