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Saltasauridae (named
after the
Salta region of
Argentina where they were
first found) is a
family of
armored herbivorous sauropods from the
Upper Cretaceous...
- the late
Cretaceous period of
South America,
India and Madagascar.
Saltasaurines are
relatively small sauropods with the
general body
shape of a small...
- (2005). "A New
Specimen of
Neuquensaurus australis, a Late
Cretaceous Saltasaurine Titanosaur from
North Patagonia".
Journal of
Vertebrate Paleontology...
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Ibirania (meaning "Ibirá wanderer" or "tree wanderer") is a
genus of
dwarf saltasaurine titanosaur dinosaur from the Late
Cretaceous (Santonian to Campanian)...
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Yamanasaurus (meaning "Yamana lizard") is an
extinct genus of
saltasaurine titanosaur dinosaur from the Río
Playas Formation of Ecuador,
which dates to...
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fauna during the late
Cretaceous period.
Fossil material belonging to
saltasaurines, aeolosaurines, and
other titanosaurs have been discovered. In 2022...
- it
likely belonged to a
derived lithostrotian titanosaur—likely a non-
saltasaurine saltasaurid—related to Pellegrinisaurus, Baurutitan, and Alamosaurus...
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Phylogenetic analyses recover it
within a
clade of
South American and
African saltasaurines,
distinct from
other insular dwarf sauropods from the
European archipelago...
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there was no
ridge in
front like Alamosaurus, Diamantinasaurus, and
saltasaurines. Like Bonitasaura, Neuquensaurus, Rapetosaurus, and Saltasaurus, the...
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strongly developed fibular lateral tuberosity.
Neuquensaurus is a
derived saltasaurine. Its
closest relatives were Saltasaurus, Rocasaurus, and Bonatitan, and...
