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.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Neosauropoda canonical 12
Titanosauriformes 2

How this entity was disambiguated

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
Asia
Australia
Europe
North America
South America
geographicDistribution global
includesTaxon Apatosaurus
Argentinosaurus
Brachiosauridae
Brachiosaurus
Camarasauridae
Camarasaurus
Dicraeosauridae
Diplodocidae
Diplodocoidea
Diplodocus
Dreadnoughtus
Macronaria
Patagotitan
linked to: Patagotitan mayorum

Rebbachisauridae
Supersaurus
Titanosauria
lastAppearance Late Cretaceous
locomotion quadrupedal
namedBy José Fernando Bonaparte
parentTaxon Sauropoda
subclassOf Archosauria
Dinosauria
Ornithoscelida
Reptilia
Saurischia
Sauropoda
Tetrapoda
Vertebrata
taxonRank clade
temporalRangeEnd end of Cretaceous
temporalRangeStart Middle Jurassic
yearNamed 1986

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (14)

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 Titanosauriformes
linked to: Neosauropoda
Somphospondyli memberOf Titanosauriformes
linked to: Neosauropoda
Somphospondyli subgroupOf Neosauropoda
MPEF-PV 3400 belongsToClade Neosauropoda
Macronaria parentTaxon Neosauropoda
Lithostrotia subclassOf Neosauropoda
Brachiosauridae clade Neosauropoda
Diplodocidae clade Neosauropoda
Camarasauridae clade Neosauropoda
Diplodocinae belongsToGroup Neosauropoda
Diplodocinae higherClassification Neosauropoda