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Neosauropoda

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Neosauropoda
Temporal range: Late Jurassic - Late Cretaceous, 156–66 Ma
Several macronarian sauropods
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Sauropodomorpha
Clade: Sauropoda
Clade: Eusauropoda
Clade: Neosauropoda
Bonaparte, 1986
Subgroups

Neosauropoda is a division-level clade of sauropods within Dinosauria, and consists of the group leading to Diplodocoidea and Macronaria. Haplocanthosaurus was a typical basal neosauropod from around 150 million years ago, in the Late Jurassic. Many later sauropods, including Diplodocus, Apatosaurus, and Brachiosaurus, were also neosauropods by definition.

The clade was originally coined by Argentine paleontologist José Bonaparte in 1986.

Phylogeny

From Upchurch et al. 2004:[1]

Neosauropoda

References

  1. ^ Upchurch P, Barrett PM, Dodson P (2004). "Sauropoda". In Weishampel DB, Dodson P, Osmólska H (ed.). The Dinosauria (2nd Edition). University of California Press. p. 316. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)