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Cetiosauridae
Description | Cetiosauridae is a family of sauropod dinosaurs. While traditionally a wastebasket taxon containing various unrelated species, some recent studies have found that it may represent a natural clade. Additionally, at least one study has suggested that the mamenchisaurids may represent a sub-group of the cetiosaurids, which would be termed Mamenchisaurinae. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cetiosauridae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Dinosauria : Cetiosauridae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Scientific Name | Cetiosauridae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Common Name(s) | Cetiosaurid | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cetiosauridae |
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Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Amygdalodon genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Austrosaurus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 105 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 105 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
Barapasaurus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 199 Ma Early Jurassic | 199 Ma Early Jurassic | |
Bellusaurus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 164 Ma Middle Jurassic | 164 Ma Middle Jurassic | |
Cetiosaurus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 30 | 174 Ma Middle Jurassic | 125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
Chebsaurus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 166 Ma Middle Jurassic | 166 Ma Middle Jurassic | |
Datousaurus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 164 Ma Middle Jurassic | 164 Ma Middle Jurassic | |
Dystrophaeus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Lapparentosaurus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 168 Ma Middle Jurassic | 168 Ma Middle Jurassic | |
Ohmdenosaurus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 182 Ma Early Jurassic | 182 Ma Early Jurassic | |
Patagosaurus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 4 | 180 Ma Early Jurassic | 180 Ma Early Jurassic | |
Rhoetosaurus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 161 Ma Jurassic | 161 Ma Jurassic | |
Shunosaurus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 164 Ma Middle Jurassic | 164 Ma Middle Jurassic | |
Volkheimeria genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB |
References
Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
SN2000: Brands, S. J. (compiler) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
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!