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Eutitanosauria ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)58924https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=58924
Rankunranked clade (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Eutitanosauria
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SauropsidaHuxley 1864
classReptiliaLaurenti 1768
subclassEureptilia
-RomeriidaGauthier et al. 1988
-Diapsida
-Eosuchia
-NeodiapsidaBenton 1985
-SauriaGauthier 1984
-Archosauromorpha
-CrocopodaEzcurra 2016
-ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
-EucrocopodaEzcurra 2016
-Archosauria
informalAvemetatarsaliaBenton 1999
-OrnithodiraGauthier 1986
-DinosauromorphaBenton 1985
-DinosauriformesNovas 1992
-Dinosauria
-Saurischia
-EusaurischiaPadian et al. 1999
-Sauropodomorpha
-MassopodaYates 2007
-SauropodiformesMartinez et al. 2011
-Sauropoda
-EusauropodaUpchurch 1995
-NeosauropodaBonaparte 1986
-MacronariaSereno 1997
-TitanosauriformesSalgado et al. 1997
-SomphospondyliWilson and Sereno 1998
-TitanosauriaBonaparte and Coria 1993
-EutitanosauriaSanz et al. 1999
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Eutitanosauriaunranked cladebelongs to Titanosauriastated without evidenceSanz et al., 1999
Eutitanosauriaunranked cladebelongs to Titanosauridaestated without evidenceSalgado, 2003
Eutitanosauriaunranked cladebelongs to Lithostrotiastated with evidenceSuteethorn et al., 2010
Eutitanosauriaunranked cladebelongs to Lithostrotiastated without evidenceDíez Díaz et al., 2011
Eutitanosauriaunranked cladebelongs to Titanosauriastated without evidenceFilippi, 2015
Eutitanosauriaunranked cladebelongs to Titanosauriastated with evidenceFilippi et al., 2019
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)136
First Recorded Appearance145 - 130 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Last Recorded Appearance70.6 - 66.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Environmentterrestrial (based on Sauropoda)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Sauropoda)
Dietherbivore (based on Sauropoda)
Reproductionoviparous, dispersal=direct/internal,mobile (based on Sauropoda)
Ontogenyaccretion,modification of parts (based on Sauropoda)
Taphonomyhydroxylapatite,compact or dense,thick (based on Sauropoda)
Primary Reference (PBDB)L. Salgado. 2003. Should we abandon the name Titanosauridae? Some comments on the taxonomy of titanosaurian sauropods (Dinosauria). Revista Española de Paleontología 18(1):15-21

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Opisthocoelicaudiinae
subfamily
listed (PBDB)1105 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
105 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Bonitasaura
genus
listed (PBDB)286.3 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
83.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Dreadnoughtus
genus
listed (PBDB)183.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
83.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Lithostrotia
unranked clade
listed (PBDB)216145 Ma
Late Jurassic
70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1999Eutitanosauria Sanz et al. p. 237
2003Eutitanosauria Salgado p. 17 fig. 1
2007Eutitanosauria Calvo et al. p. 497 fig. 14
2007Eutitanosauria Calvo et al. p. 533 fig. 3
2010Eutitanosauria Suteethorn et al.
2011Eutitanosauria Díez Díaz et al. p. 523
2015Eutitanosauria Filippi p. 22
2019Eutitanosauria Filippi et al.
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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