Eusauropoda

Eusauropoda (meaning "true sauropods") is a clade of sauropod dinosaurs consisting of all sauropods closer to titanosaurs such as Saltasaurus than to primitive sauropods such as Vulcanodon. It was named by Paul Upchurch in 1995.[2]

References

  1. Holtz, Thomas R. Jr. (2012) Dinosaurs: The Most Complete, Up-to-Date Encyclopedia for Dinosaur Lovers of All Ages, Winter 2011 Appendix.
  2. 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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