Subfamily
Valid Extinct

Titanosaurinae

Lydekker 1893

Titanosaurus is a dubious genus of sauropod dinosaurs, first described by Richard Lydekker in 1877. It is known from the Maastrichtian Lameta and Kallakurichi Formations of India.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
7
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Titanosaurinae
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Titanosaurus indicus holotypic distal caudal vertebra. © Hugh Falconer · Public domain · Wikimedia
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Saurischia Unranked clade
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Sauropodomorpha Unranked clade
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Massopoda Unranked clade
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Sauropodiformes Unranked clade
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Sauropoda Unranked clade
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Gravisauria Unranked clade
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Eusauropoda Unranked clade
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Neosauropoda Unranked clade
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Macronaria Unranked clade
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Titanosauriformes Unranked clade
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Somphospondyli Unranked clade
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Titanosauria Unranked clade
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Titanosauridae Family
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Titanosaurinae Subfamily
Fossil sites 7 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇧🇷 Brazil
2
🇦🇷 Argentina
1
🇳🇪 Niger
1
🇿🇦 South Africa
1
🇨🇱 Chile
1
🇨🇳 China
1
Geological formations
Serra da Galga
2
Bajo Barreal
1
Inbeceten
1
Saint Lucia
1
Viñita
1
Temporal distribution
Maastrichtian (72.2–66 Ma)
3
Santonian (85.7–83.6 Ma)
2
Coniacian (89.8–85.7 Ma)
1
Cenomanian (100.5–93.9 Ma)
1
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
L. Salgado and R. A. Coria. 1993. El genero Aeolosaurus (Sauropoda, Titanosauridae) en la Formacion Allen (Campaniano-Maastrichtiano) de la Provincia de Rio Negro, Argentina [The genus Aeolosaurus (Sauropoda, Titanosauridae) in the Allen Formation (Campanian-Maastrichtian) of Rio Negro Province, Argentina]. Ameghiniana 30(2):119-128
Bibliography (7)
J. E. Powell. 2003. Revision of South American titanosaurid dinosaurs: palaeobiological, palaeobiogeographical and phylogenetic aspects. Records of the Queen Victoria Museum Launceston 111:1-173
R. M. Santucci and R. J. Bertini. 2001. Distribuição paleogeográfica e biocronológica dos titanossauros (Saurischia, Sauropoda) do Grupo Bauru, Cretáceo Superior do sudeste Brasileiro [Paleogeographic and biochronologic distribution of titanosaurs (Saurischia, Sauropoda) from the Bauru Group, Upper Cretaceous of southeastern Brazil]. Revista Brasileira de Geosciências 31(3):307-314 DOI ↗
J. C. Sciutto and R. D. Martínez. 1994. Un nuevo yacimiento fosilífero de la Formación Bajo Barreal (Cretacico Tardio) y su fauna de saurópodos [A new fossiliferous locality in the Bajo Barreal Formation (Late Cretaceous) and its sauropod fauna]. Naturalia Patagonica, Ciencias de la Tierra 2:27-47
W. J. Kennedy, H. C. Klinger, and N. J. Mateer. 1987. First record of an Upper Cretaceous sauropod dinosaur from Zululand, South Africa. South African Journal of Science 83:173-174
Z. Dong. 1979. Cretaceous dinosaurs of Hunan, China. Mesozoic and Cenozoic Red Beds of South China: Selected Papers from the "Cretaceous-Tertiary Workshop", Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology & Nanjing Institute of Paleontology (eds.), Science Press, Nanxiong, China
F. de Broin, E. Buffetaut, and J.-C. Koeniguer, J.-C. Rage, D. E. Russell, P. Taquet, C. Vergnaud-Grazzini, S. Wenz. 1974. La fauna de Vertébrés continentaux du gisement d'In Beceten (Sénonien du Niger) [The continental vertebrate fauna from the In Beceten locality (Senonian of Niger)]. Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Seances de l'Academie des Sciences à Paris, série D 279:469-472
R. M. Casamiquela, J. Corvalán, and F. Franquesa. 1969. Hallazgos de dinosaurios en el Cretácico Superior de Chile. Su importancia cronológica-estratigráfica [Discoveries of dinosaurs in the Upper Cretaceous of Chile. Their chronologic-stratigraphic importance]. Boletin del Instituto de Investigaciones Geológicas 25:1-31