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
Geological formations
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
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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
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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
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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