Nemegtosauridae

Nemegtosaurids
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, 75–66 Ma Possible Early Cretaceous record
Cast of the skull of Nemegtosaurus, on a mounted Opisthocoelicaudia skeleton, Museum of Evolution of Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Sauropodomorpha
Clade: Sauropoda
Clade: Macronaria
Clade: Titanosauria
Clade: Eutitanosauria
Superfamily: Saltasauroidea
Family: Nemegtosauridae
Upchurch, 1995
Genera

Nemegtosauridae is a family of titanosaurian sauropod dinosaurs based on their diplodocid-like skulls.[1][2][3] Only three species are known:[4] Nemegtosaurus, Quaesitosaurus and possibly Tapuiasaurus, each from the Cretaceous.

  1. ^ Wilson, J.A. (13 September 2002). "Sauropod dinosaur phylogeny: critique and cladistic analysis" (PDF). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 136 (2). The Linnean Society of London: 215–275. doi:10.1046/j.1096-3642.2002.00029.x.
  2. ^ McIntosh, J. S., 1990, "Sauropoda" in The Dinosauria, Edited by David B. Weishampel, Peter Dodson, and Halszka Osmólska. University of California Press, pp. 345–401.
  3. ^ Upchurch, P., Barrett, P.M. and Dodson, P. 2004. Sauropoda. In The Dinosauria, 2nd edition. D. Weishampel, P. Dodson, and H. Osmólska (eds.). University of California Press, Berkeley. pp. 259–322.
  4. ^ Re: Family Nemegtosauridae