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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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cladogram by
Villa et al. (2022), from the
description of the new
European saltasaurine Abditosaurus,
collapsed to show the
internal relationships of Saltasaurinae...
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strongly developed fibular lateral tuberosity.
Neuquensaurus is a
derived saltasaurine. Its
closest relatives were Saltasaurus, Rocasaurus, and Bonatitan, and...
- not the apex
predator of its habitat. It also
coexisted with a
dwarf saltasaurine sauropod Ibirania and an
indeterminate notosuchian.
Timeline of ceratosaur...
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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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Ibirania (meaning "Ibirá wanderer" or "tree wanderer") is a
genus of
dwarf saltasaurine titanosaur dinosaur from the Late
Cretaceous (Santonian to Campanian)...
- (2005). "A New
Specimen of
Neuquensaurus australis, a Late
Cretaceous Saltasaurine Titanosaur from
North Patagonia".
Journal of
Vertebrate Paleontology...
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there was no
ridge in
front like Alamosaurus, Diamantinasaurus, and
saltasaurines. Like Bonitasaura, Neuquensaurus, Rapetosaurus, and Saltasaurus, the...
