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saltasaurids, and it is
unclear when and
where the
evolution of
osteoderms occurred in
saltasaurids and
titanosaurs in general. The
first saltasaurid...
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turned in
towards the body as in
saltasaurids support the
phylogenetic conclusion that
Dreadnoughtus was not a
saltasaurid. The animal's
broad sternal bones...
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growth rate led to
their small size.
Another taxon of tiny sauropods, the
saltasaurid titanosaur Ibirania, 5.7 m (18.7 ft) long,
lived a non-insular context...
- The
holotype specimen was an
adult similar in size to some
related saltasaurids (Neuquensaurus and Saltasaurus), but it may have
weighed more, as indicated...
- to
those of
Notocolossus and
Rapetosaurus but less so than
those of
saltasaurids. Like Dreadnoughtus, Epachthosaurus, and Opisthocoelicaudia, it was about...
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Saltasaurus (which
means "lizard from Salta") is a
genus of
saltasaurid dinosaur of the Late
Cretaceous period of Argentina.
Small among sauropods, though...
- a
lithostrotian titanosaur, with
possible saltasaurid affinities. In particular, it
shared with
saltasaurids and the Bor Guve
titanosaur a
posterior centrodiapophyseal...
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within the
titanosaurs and Lithostrotia, as
osteoderms are
known in many
saltasaurids, Mendozasaurus, Aeolosaurus, Ampelosaurus, and
various other genera both...
- Formation, Texas, USA
Javelina Formation, Texas, USA An
opisthocoelicaudiine saltasaurid that was one of the
largest dinosaur known from
North America. †Ampelosaurus...
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relatively small compared to
other sauropods from Patagonia, like the
saltasaurids and
other aeolosaurines,
estimated as
approximately 10 m (33 ft). It...
