Superfamily
Valid Extinct

Andesauroidea

Salgado 2003

Andesaurus is a genus of basal titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur which existed during the middle of the Cretaceous Period in South America. Like most sauropods, it would have had a small head on the end of a long neck and an equally long tail.

Temporal range
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PBDB occurrences
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Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Andesauroidea
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Life restoration of Andesaurus. © Levi bernardo · CC BY-SA 3.0 · 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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Andesauroidea Superfamily
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Bibliography
Original description
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