Neosauropoda

Neosauropoda Temporal range: Late Jurassic - Late Cretaceous, 156–66 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N

Several macronarian sauropods
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Order:	Saurischia
Suborder:	†Sauropodomorpha
Clade:	†Eusauropoda
Clade:	†Neosauropoda Bonaparte, 1986
Subgroups
†Ultrasaurus †Xenoposeidon †Diplodocoidea †Macronaria

Neosauropoda is a division-level clade of sauropods within Dinosauria, and consists of the group leading to Diplodocoidea and Macronaria. Haplocanthosaurus was a typical basal neosauropod from around 150 million years ago, in the Late Jurassic. Many later sauropods, including Diplodocus, Apatosaurus, and Brachiosaurus, were also neosauropods by definition.

The clade was originally coined by Argentine paleontologist José Bonaparte in 1986.

Phylogeny

From Upchurch et al. 2004:^[1]

Neosauropoda

Diplodocoidea

	Rebbachisauridae

	Dicraeosauridae

	Diplodocidae

	Saltasauridae

References

↑ Upchurch P, Barrett PM, Dodson P (2004). "Sauropoda". In Weishampel DB, Dodson P, Osmólska H. The Dinosauria (2nd Edition). University of California Press. p. 316. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.

External links

Vertebrate Paleontology (University of Bristol)
TaxonSearch entry for Neosauropoda

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