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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...
- it
likely belonged to a
derived lithostrotian titanosaur—likely a non-
saltasaurine saltasaurid—related to Pellegrinisaurus, Baurutitan, and Alamosaurus...
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fauna during the late
Cretaceous period.
Fossil material belonging to
saltasaurines, aeolosaurines, and
other titanosaurs have been discovered. In 2022...
- (2005). "A New
Specimen of
Neuquensaurus australis, a Late
Cretaceous Saltasaurine Titanosaur from
North Patagonia".
Journal of
Vertebrate Paleontology...
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partial skeleton,
including a
braincase and
caudal vertebrae. It may be a
saltasaurine. †Campylodoniscus †Campylodoniscus
ameghinoi 95 or 70 Ma, Cenomanian...
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Ortega (2024). A
study on the
extent of the
postcranial pneumaticity in
saltasaurines and
other derived titanosaurs is
published by
Zurriaguz (2024). A description...
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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...
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analyses varies.
Alamosaurus has been
recovered as an opisthocoelicaudiine,
saltasaurine, or
outside of
Saltasauridae entirely.
Alamosaurus in a
cladogram after...
