| Source Data | |
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| Rank | family (PBDB) |
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| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Andesauridae |
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Classification
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| Opinions (PBDB) | | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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| Andesauridae | subfamily | belongs to Titanosauridae | stated without evidence | Calvo and Bonaparte, 1991 | | Andesauridae | family | belongs to Titanosauria | stated without evidence | Bonaparte and Coria, 1993 | | Andesauridae | family | belongs to Titanosauria | stated with evidence | Bonaparte, 1996 | | Andesauridae | subfamily | belongs to Titanosauridae | stated without evidence | Russell, 1996 | | Andesauridae | family | belongs to Titanosauria | stated without evidence | Bonaparte, 1999 |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct |
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 |
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| Environment | terrestrial (based on Sauropoda) |
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| Motility | actively mobile (based on Sauropoda) |
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| Diet | herbivore (based on Sauropoda) |
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| Reproduction | oviparous, dispersal=direct/internal,mobile (based on Sauropoda) |
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| Ontogeny | accretion,modification of parts (based on Sauropoda) |
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| Taphonomy | hydroxylapatite,compact or dense,thick (based on Sauropoda) |
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| Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. O. Calvo and J. F. Bonaparte. 1991. Andesaurus delgadoi gen. et sp. nov. (Saurischia-Sauropoda), dinosaurio Titanosauridae de la Formacion Rio Limay (Albiano-Cenomaniano), Neuquén, Argentina [Andesaurus delgadoi gen. et sp. nov. (Saurischia-Sauropoda), a titnosaurid dinosaur from Rio Limay Formation (Albian-Cenomanian), Neuquén, Argentina]. Ameghiniana 28(3-4):303-310 |
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| Calvo J. O., Bonaparte J. F. (1991) Andesaurus delgadoi gen. et sp. nov. (Saurischia-Sauropoda), dinosaurio Titanosauridae de la Formacion Rio Limay (Albiano-Cenomaniano), Neuquén, Argentina [Andesaurus delgadoi gen. et sp. nov. (Saurischia-Sauropoda), a titnosaurid dinosaur from Rio Limay Formation (Albian-Cenomanian), Neuquén, Argentina], Ameghiniana 28 3-4, 303-310 |
| Bonaparte J. F., Coria R. A. (1993) Un neuvo y gigantesco saurópodo titanosaurio de la Formación Rio Limay (Albanio-Cenomaniano) de la Provincia del Neuquén, Argentina [A new and huge titanosaur sauropod from the Rio Limay Formation (Albian-Cenomanian) of Neuquén Province, Argentina], Ameghiniana 30 3, 271-282 |
| Bonaparte J. F. (1996) Cretaceous tetrapods of Argentina, Münchner Geowissenschaften Abhandlungen 30, 73-130 |
| Russell D. A. (1996) Isolated dinosaur bones from the Middle Cretaceous of the Tafilalt, Morocco, Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, 4e série, section C 18 2-3, 349-402 |
| Bonaparte J. F. (1999) Evolución de las vértebras presacras en Sauropodomorpha [Evolution of the presacral vertebrae in Sauropodomorpha], Ameghiniana 36 2, 115-187 |
| Malkani M. S. (2008) Marisaurus (Balochisauridae, Titanosauria) remains from the latest Cretaceous of Pakistan, Sindh University Research Journal (Science Series) 40 2, 55-78 |
Andesauridae ✝
