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Somphospondyli is an
extinct clade of
titanosauriform sauropods that
lived from the Late Jur****ic
until the end of the Late Cretaceous,
comprising all...
- the last two of
mentioned made up a
clade Somphospondyli. The
newly described specimen belongs to
Somphospondyli too, but not to Titanosauria,
defined as...
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lizard forms") †Brachiosauridae (long-necked, long-armed macronarians) †
Somphospondyli ("porous vertebrae") †Euhelopodidae (stocky,
mostly Asian) †Diamantinasauria...
- it was in fact more
closely related to the titanosaurs, in the
group Somphospondyli.
Analysis of
these remains and
comparison with
others from
Texas supported...
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Erketu was
recovered in a
polytomy along Chubutisaurus within the
Somphospondyli: The
remains of
Erketu are
attributed to the
Bayan Shireh Formation...
- †Subdivision
Titanosauriformes †Family
Brachiosauridae †Infradivision
Somphospondyli †Family
Euhelopodidae †Family
Titanosauridae †Family Pisanosauridae...
- that
Padillasaurus was not a
brachiosaurid but a
basal member of the
Somphospondyli.
Brachiosauridae is one of the two
major clades of Titanosauriformes...
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earlier used by
Upchurch (1995) and Sanz et al. (1999), as all taxa in
Somphospondyli closer to
Saltasaurus than Euhelopus. In
order to
create additional...
- have
interpreted Euhelopus as
neosauropod united with
titanosaurs in
Somphospondyli. A
joint study by
Jeffrey Wilson and Paul Upchurch, who had previously...
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within the Camarasauromorpha,
while others have
placed them
inside Somphospondyli or Brachiosauridae, consequently, it has been
suggested that Tehuelchesaurus...
