Neosauropoda

E936803

Neosauropoda is a major clade of advanced sauropod dinosaurs that includes many of the largest land animals in history, such as diplodocids and brachiosaurids.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Titanosauriformes 2

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf dinosaur clade
sauropod clade
taxon
containsSomeOfLargest terrestrial animals in Earth history
definingFeature advanced limb bone adaptations for supporting large body size
complex vertebral pneumaticity
enlarged narial openings
reduced number of teeth in the lower jaw
diet herbivorous
etymology Greek for "new sauropods"
firstAppearance Middle Jurassic
fossilRecord Africa NERFINISHED
Asia NERFINISHED
Australia NERFINISHED
Europe NERFINISHED
North America NERFINISHED
South America NERFINISHED
geographicDistribution global
includesTaxon Apatosaurus NERFINISHED
Argentinosaurus NERFINISHED
Brachiosauridae NERFINISHED
Brachiosaurus NERFINISHED
Camarasauridae NERFINISHED
Camarasaurus NERFINISHED
Dicraeosauridae NERFINISHED
Diplodocidae NERFINISHED
Diplodocoidea NERFINISHED
Diplodocus NERFINISHED
Dreadnoughtus NERFINISHED
Macronaria NERFINISHED
Patagotitan NERFINISHED
Rebbachisauridae NERFINISHED
Supersaurus NERFINISHED
Titanosauria NERFINISHED
lastAppearance Late Cretaceous NERFINISHED
locomotion quadrupedal
namedBy José Fernando Bonaparte NERFINISHED
parentTaxon Sauropoda NERFINISHED
subclassOf Archosauria NERFINISHED
Dinosauria NERFINISHED
Ornithoscelida NERFINISHED
Reptilia NERFINISHED
Saurischia NERFINISHED
Sauropoda NERFINISHED
Tetrapoda NERFINISHED
Vertebrata
taxonRank clade
temporalRangeEnd end of Cretaceous
temporalRangeStart Middle Jurassic NERFINISHED
yearNamed 1986

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Apatosaurus belongsToClade Neosauropoda
Argentinosaurus huinculensis clade Neosauropoda
Dreadnoughtus schrani clade Neosauropoda
Dreadnoughtus schrani clade Neosauropoda
this entity surface form: Titanosauriformes
Somphospondyli memberOf Neosauropoda
this entity surface form: Titanosauriformes
Somphospondyli subgroupOf Neosauropoda
MPEF-PV 3400 belongsToClade Neosauropoda
Macronaria parentTaxon Neosauropoda
Lithostrotia subclassOf Neosauropoda