Titanosauria

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dinosaur clade sauropod clade taxon

Titanosauria is a diverse clade of large, long-necked sauropod dinosaurs that includes some of the heaviest and most massive land animals known from the fossil record.

Aliases (1)

Lognkosauria ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	dinosaur clade → sauropod clade → taxon →
bodySizeCharacteristic	includes some of the largest known land animals →
dermalArmor	osteoderms in many taxa →
diet	herbivorous →
distinguishingFeature	posteriorly shifted center of mass → wide-gauge trackways in many forms →
etymology	derived from Greek "Titan" meaning giant and "sauros" meaning lizard →
extinctionStatus	extinct →
firstAppearance	Late Jurassic period →
fossilRecord	known from multiple continents →
geographicDistribution	Africa → Asia → Australia → Europe → Gondwana → India → Madagascar → North America → South America →
includesSubgroup	Lithostrotia → Lognkosauria → Saltasauridae →
lastAppearance	end-Cretaceous mass extinction →
limbCharacteristic	robust limb bones →
locomotion	obligate quadruped →
memberOf	Dinosauria → Saurischia → Sauropodomorpha →
namingAuthority	José Fernando Bonaparte →
notableMemberTaxon	Alamosaurus → Argentinosaurus → Dreadnoughtus → Futalognkosaurus → Patagotitan → Rapetosaurus → Saltasaurus →
parentTaxon	Macronaria → Neosauropoda → Sauropoda →
reproduction	oviparous →
taxonRank	clade →
temporalRange	Cretaceous → Late Jurassic →
typicalBodyPlan	large quadrupedal herbivore →
typicalNeck	long neck →
vertebralCharacteristic	procoelous caudal vertebrae in many forms →
yearNamed	1993 →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Máximo the Titanosaur → Patagotitan mayorum →	family
Titanosauria ("Lognkosauria") →	includesSubgroup