Full reference: P. C. Sereno, A. L. Beck, D. B. Dutheil, H. C. E. Larsson, G. H. Lyon, B. Moussa, R. W. Sadleir, C. A. Sidor, D. J. Varricchio, G. P. Wilson, and J. A. Wilson. 1999. Cretaceous sauropods from the Sahara and the uneven rate of skeletal evolution among dinosaurs. Science 286:1342-1347
Parent taxon: Eusauropoda according to P. D. Mannion et al. 2019
See also Allain and Aquesbi 2008, Carballido et al. 2011, Carvalho et al. 2003, D'Emic 2012, Ksepka and Norell 2010, Mannion et al. 2017, Royo-Torres et al. 2006, Sekiya 2011, Sereno et al. 1999, Suteethorn et al. 2010, Upchurch et al. 2004, Whitlock 2011, Wilson 2002 and Xing et al. 2015
Sister taxa: Algoasaurus, Algoasaurus bauri, Amanzia, Bagualia, Bothriospondylus madagascariensis, Cardiodon, Cetiosauridae, Cetiosauriscus, Datousaurus, Dystrophaeus, Ferganasaurus, Haestasaurus, Janenschia, Lapparentosaurus, Mamenchisauridae, Nebulasaurus, Neosauropoda, Ornithopsis leedsi, Ornithopsis leedsii, Perijasaurus, Rhoetosaurus, Shunosaurus, Turiasauria
Subtaxa: Jobaria tiguidensis
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Niger (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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