Unranked clade
Valid Extinct

Aeolosaurini

Franco-Rosas et al. 2004

Aeolosaurini is an extinct clade of titanosaurian dinosaurs known from the Cretaceous period of Argentina and Brazil. Rodrigo M. Santucci and Antonio C. de Arruda-Campos (2011) in their cladistic analysis found Aeolosaurus, Gondwanatitan, Maxakalisaurus, Panamericansaurus and Rinconsaurus to be aeolosaurids.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
19
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Aeolosaurini
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
Saurischia Unranked clade
Sauropodomorpha Unranked clade
Massopoda Unranked clade
Sauropodiformes Unranked clade
Sauropoda Unranked clade
Gravisauria Unranked clade
Eusauropoda Unranked clade
Neosauropoda Unranked clade
Macronaria Unranked clade
Titanosauriformes Unranked clade
Somphospondyli Unranked clade
Titanosauria Unranked clade
Lithostrotia Unranked clade
Aeolosaurini Unranked clade
Fossil sites 19 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇧🇷 Brazil
11
🇦🇷 Argentina
7
🇺🇾 Uruguay
1
Geological formations
Allen
3
Cambambe
2
Marília
2
Plottier
1
Angostura Colorada
1
Lago Colhué Huapi
1
Asencio
1
Temporal distribution
Maastrichtian (72.2–66 Ma)
12
Campanian (83.6–72.2 Ma)
6
Coniacian (89.8–85.7 Ma)
1
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
A. C. Franco-Rosas, L. Salgado, and C. F. Rosas, I. d. S. Carvalho. 2004. Nuevos materiales de titanosaurios (Sauropoda) en el Cretácico Superior de Mato Grosso, Brasil [New materials of titanosaurs (Sauropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous of Mato Grosso, Brazil]. Revista Brasileira de Paleontologia 7(3):329-336 DOI ↗
Bibliography (18)
M. Aranciaga Rolando, J. A. Garcia Marsà, and F. L. Agnolín, M. J. Motta, S. Rozadilla, F. E. Novas. 2022. The sauropod record of Salitral Ojo del Agua: A Upper Cretaceous (Allen Formation) fossiliferous locality from northern Patagonia, Argentina. Cretaceous Research 129:105029:1-25 DOI ↗
J. C. G. Silva Junior, A. G. Martinelli, and T. S. Marinho, J. I. Silva, M. C. Langer. 2022. New specimens of Baurutitan britoi and a taxonomic reassessment of the titanosaur dinosaur fauna (Sauropoda) from the Serra da Galga Formation (Late Cretaceous) of Brazil. PeerJ 10:e14333 DOI ↗
M. Soto, F. Montenegro, and V. Mesa, D. Perea. 2022. Sauropod (Dinosauria: Saurischia) remains from the Mercedes and Asencio formations (sensu Bossi, 1966), Upper Cretaceous of Uruguay. Cretaceous Research 131:105072 DOI ↗
A. S. Brum, K. L. N. Bandeira, and B. Holgado, L. G. Souza, R. V. Pêgas, J. M. Sayão, D. A. Campos, A. W. A. Kellner. 2021. Palaeohistology and palaeopathology of an Aeolosaurini (Sauropoda: Titanosauria) from Morro do Cambambe (Upper Cretaceous, Brazil). Spanish Journal of Palaeontology 36(1):1-18 DOI ↗
L. S. Filippi, A. G. Martinelli, and A. C. Garrido. 2013. Registro de un dinosaurio Aeolosaurini (Sauropoda, Titanosauria) en el Cretácico Superior (Formación Plottier) del norte de la provincia de Neuquén, Argentina, y comentarios sobre los Aeolosaurini sudamericanos [Record of an aeolosaurine dinosaur (Sauropoda, Titanosauria) in the Upper Cretaceous (Plottier Formation) of northern Neuquén Province, Argentina, and comments on the South American Aeolosaurini]. Revista Brasileira de Paleontologia 16(1):147-156 DOI ↗
R. D. Juárez Valieri and S. D. Ríos Díaz. 2013. Assignation of the vertebra CPP 494 to Trigonosaurus pricei Campos et al., 2005 (Sauropoda: Titanosauriformes) from the Late Cretaceous of Brazil, with comments on the laminar variation among lithostrotian titanosaurs. Boletín del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural del Paraguay 17(1):20-28
L. S. Filippi, A. G. Martinelli, and A. C. Garrido. 2012. Registro de un Aeolosaurini (Dinosauria, Sauropoda, Titanosauria) de la Formación Anacleto (Cretácico Superior), Grupo Neuquén, en el norte de la Cuenca Neuquina [Record of an Aeolosaurini (Dinosauria, Sauropoda, Titanosauria) in the Anacleto Formation (Upper Cretaceous), Neuquén Group, northern Neuquén Basin]. XXVI Jornadas Argentinas de Paleontología de Vertebrados. I Jornadas Argentinas Técnicas en Paleontología de Vertebrados. Resúmenes. Ameghiniana 49(4 (suppl.)):R28
A. G. Martinelli, D. Riff, and R. P. Lopes. 2011. Discussion about the occurrence of the genus Aeolosaurus Powell 1987 (Dinosauria, Titanosauria) in the Upper Cretaceous of Brazil. Gaea - Journal of Geoscience 7(1):34-40 DOI ↗
R. M. Santucci and A. C. d. Arruda-Campos. 2011. A new sauropod (Macronaria, Titanosauria) from the Adamantina Formation, Bauru Group, Upper Cretaceous of Brazil and the phylogenetic relationships of Aeolosaurini. Zootaxa 3085:1-33 DOI ↗
J. O. Calvo and J. D. Porfiri. 2010. Panamericansaurus schroederi gen. nov. sp. nov. Un nuevo Sauropoda (Titanosauridae-Aeolosaurini) de la Provincia del Neuquén, Cretácico Superior de Patagonia, Argentina [Panamericansaurus schroederi gen. nov. sp. nov. A new Sauropoda (Titanosauridae-Aeolosaurini) from Neuquén Province, Upper Cretaceous of Patagonia, Argentina]. Brazilian Geographical Journal: Geosciences and Humanities Research Medium 1:100-115
C. R. A. Candeiro. 2010. Record of the genus Aeolosaurus (Sauropoda, Titanosauria) in the Late Cretaceous of South America: paleogeographic implications. Estudios Geológicos 66(2):243-253 DOI ↗
G. Casal, R. D. Martínez, and M. Luna, J. C. Sciutto, M. C. Lamanna. 2007. Aeolosaurus colhuehuapensis sp. nov. (Sauropoda, Titanosauria) de la Formación Bajo Barreal, Cretácico Superior de Argentina [Aeolosaurus colhuehuapensis sp. nov. (Sauropoda, Titanosauria) from the Bajo Barreal Formation, Upper Cretaceous of Argentina]. Revista Brasileira de Paleontologia 10(1):53-62 DOI ↗
D. d. A. Campos, A. W. A. Kellner, and R. J. Bertini, R. M. Santucci. 2005. On a titanosaurid (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) vertebral column from the Bauru Group, Late Cretaceous of Brazil. Arquivos do Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro 63(3):565-593
A. W. A. Kellner, D. d. A. Campos, and M. N. F. Trotta. 2005. Description of a titanosaurid caudal series from the Bauru Group, Late Cretaceous of Brazil. Arquivos do Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro 63(3):529-564
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