Somphospondylans Temporal range: Late Jurassic to Late Cretaceous,
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Skeleton of Qiaowanlong | |||
Scientific classification | |||
Domain: | Eukaryota | ||
Kingdom: | Animalia | ||
Phylum: | Chordata | ||
Clade: | Dinosauria | ||
Clade: | Saurischia | ||
Clade: | †Sauropodomorpha | ||
Clade: | †Sauropoda | ||
Clade: | †Macronaria | ||
Clade: | †Camarasauromorpha | ||
Clade: | †Titanosauriformes | ||
Clade: | †Somphospondyli Wilson & Sereno, 1998 | ||
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Somphospondyli is an extinct clade of titanosauriform sauropods that lived from the Late Jurassic until the end of the Late Cretaceous, comprising all titanosauriforms more closely related to Titanosauria proper than Brachiosauridae. The remains of somphospondylans have been discovered on all continents.