†subfamily Saltasaurinae Powell 1992 (saltasaurine)

Reptilia - Saurischia - Saltasauridae

Full reference: J. E. Powell. 1992. Osteologia de Saltasaurus loricatus (Sauropoda - Titanosauridae) del Cretácico Superior del noroeste Argentino [Osteology of Saltasaurus loricatus (Sauropoda - Titanosauridae) from the Upper Cretaceous of northwest Argentina]. In J. L. Sanz & A. D. Buscalioni (eds.), Los Dinosaurios y Su Entorno Biotico: Actas del Segundo Curso de Paleontologia in Cuenca. Institutio "Juan de Valdes", Cuenca, Argentina 165-230

Parent taxon: Saltasauridae according to B. A. Navarro et al. 2022

See also Apesteguía 2005, Bonaparte 1996, Bonaparte and Coria 1993, Calvo et al. 2007, Calvo et al. 2007, Carballido et al. 2022, Curry Rogers 2005, D'Emic 2012, Franco-Rosas et al. 2004, González Riga et al. 2016, González Riga and Ortiz David 2014, González Riga et al. 2009, Martinelli and Forasiepi 2004, Powell 1992, Salgado 1996, Salgado 2003, Salgado et al. 2005, Salgado and Azpilicueta 2000, Salgado and Calvo 1997, Salgado et al. 1997, Salgado and Coria 2005, Sereno 1998, Suteethorn et al. 2010, Wilson 2002, Wilson and Upchurch 2003 and You et al. 2004

Sister taxa: Igai, Nicksaurus, Opisthocoelicaudiinae, Qingxiusaurus, Zhuchengtitan

Subtaxa: Alamosaurus Bonatitan Ibirania Rocasaurus Saltasaurini Yamanasaurus

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Type: Saltasaurus

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Argentina (17 collections), Brazil (3), Ecuador (1), Mexico (1), United States (37: New Mexico, Texas, Utah), Uruguay (1)

Total: 60 collections including 65 occurrences

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