- with the
brachiosaurids and relatives,
titanosaurs make up the
larger sauropod clade Titanosauriformes.
Titanosaurs have long been a poorly-known group,...
- Still,
Patagotitan is one of the most-known
titanosaurs, and so its
interrelationships with
other titanosaurs have been
relatively consistent in phylogenetic...
-
osteoderms is
unknown within the
titanosaurs. It may be this
trait has
developed multiple times independently within the
titanosaurs and Lithostrotia, as osteoderms...
-
trackway evidence.
Titanosaurs may have lost the
thumb claw
completely (with the
exception of
early forms, such as Janenschia).
Titanosaurs were most unusual...
- in most
derived titanosaurs.
There is no
indication of a hyposphene-hypantrum articulation, a
diagnostic feature of
derived titanosaurs.
Shared with Opisthocoelicaudia...
- hummingbirds,
which can
weigh as
little as two grams, to the
extinct titanosaurs, such as
Argentinosaurus and
Bruhathkayosaurus which could weigh as much...
- and tail of
Argentinosaurus after those of
other large South American titanosaurs. Paul
estimated a body m**** of 80–100
tonnes (88–110
short tons) for...
-
based on
other titanosaurs. Two
caudal vertebrae from the
middle of the tail were also preserved. They are
standard in
shape for
titanosaurs and are procoelous...
-
holotype of D.
schrani is more
completely preserved than
other titanosaurs. All
titanosaurs had what is
called wide-gauge posture, a
relative term to describe...
-
inhospitable for
titanosaurs. The
first appearance of
hadrosaurs in
South America coincides with the
first appearance of
titanosaurs in
North America...
