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Aeolosaurini

Osteichthyes

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2004Aeolosaurini Franco-Rosas et al. p. 332
2007Aeolosaurini Calvo et al. p. 497 fig. 14
2007Aeolosaurini Calvo et al. p. 533 fig. 3
2007Aeolosaurini Casal et al. p. 55
2008Aeolosaurini Lopes and Buchmann p. 70
2009Aeolosaurini González Riga et al. p. 144 fig. 11
2010Aeolosaurini Calvo and Porfiri p. 103
2011Aeolosaurini Bittencourt and Langer p. 35
2014Aeolosaurini González Riga and Ortiz David
2015Aeolosaurini Filippi p. 25
2015Aeolosaurini Gallina and Otero p. 498
2017Aeolosaurini Carballido et al.
2019Aeolosaurini Filippi et al.
2020Aeolosaurini Hechenleitner et al.
2022Aeolosaurini Carballido et al.
2022Aeolosaurini Navarro et al. p. 344 fig. 13
2025Aeolosaurini Díez Díaz et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
RankNameAuthor
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Saurischia()
—Sauropodomorpha(Huene 1932)
—Massopoda
—Sauropodiformes
—Sauropoda()
—Gravisauria
—Eusauropoda
—Neosauropoda
—Macronaria
—Titanosauriformes
—Somphospondyli
—Titanosauria
—Lithostrotia
—Aeolosaurini
—Aeolosaurini

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Unr. †Aeolosaurini Franco-Rosas et al. 2004
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G. †Aeolosaurus Powell 1987
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†Aeolosaurus colhuehuapensis Casal et al. 2007
†Aeolosaurus rionegrinus Powell 1987
G. †Baurutitan Kellner et al. 2005
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†Baurutitan britoi Kellner et al. 2005
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Invalid names: Trigonosaurus pricei Campos et al. 2005 [synonym]
Invalid names: Trigonosaurus Campos et al. 2005 [synonym]
G. †Caieiria Silva Junior et al. 2022
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†Caieiria allocaudata Silva Junior et al. 2022
G. †Gondwanatitan Kellner and Azevedo 1999
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†Gondwanatitan faustoi Kellner and Azevedo 1999
G. †Mesetasaurus Soto Núñez et al. 2026
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†Mesetasaurus protector Soto Núñez et al. 2026
G. †Panamericansaurus Calvo and Porfiri 2010
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†Panamericansaurus schroederi Calvo and Porfiri 2010
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteinfrao
Entire body: yesinfrao
Adult length: 10 to < 100infrao
Adult width: 10 to < 100infrao
Adult height: 10 to < 100infrao
Thickness: thickinfrao
Architecture: compact or denseinfrao
Form: sphericalinfrao
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partsinfrao
Grouping: gregariousinfrao
Environment: terrestrialinfrao
Locomotion: actively mobileinfrao
Life habit: ground dwellinginfrao
Diet: herbivoreinfrao
Reproduction: oviparousinfrao
Dispersal: direct/internalinfrao
Dispersal 2: mobileinfrao
Created: 2004-12-14 12:49:10
Modified: 2004-12-14 14:49:10
Source: infrao = infraorder
References: Kiessling 2004, Marsh 1875

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Santonian to the top of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 85.70000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Coniacian - Early/Lower Santonian89.8 - 83.6Argentina (Neuquén) Aeolosaurini indet. (114109)
Late/Upper Santonian - Early/Lower Campanian85.7 - 72.2Uruguay (Paysandú) Mesetasaurus protector (279961)
Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2Argentina (Neuquén) Aeolosaurini indet. (117447)
Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Argentina (Chubut) Aeolosaurus sp. (52909)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Brazil (São Paulo) Titanosauridae indet. (51955)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Argentina (Río Negro) Aeolosaurus rionegrinus (58573)
Late/Upper Campanian - Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Brazil (Mato Grosso) Gondwanatitan sp., Aeolosaurini indet. (59367)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Brazil (Minas Gerais) Aeolosaurus sp. (81105) Caieiria allocaudata, Titanosauridae indet., Titanosaurus sp. (51628)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Brazil (São Paulo) Aeolosaurus sp. (83263)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (Río Negro) Aeolosaurini indet. (231728)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Uruguay (Río Negro) Neuquensaurus australis (223925)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Brazil (Minas Gerais) Baurutitan britoi (51960) Trigonosaurus pricei, Aeolosaurus indet. (64133)
Maastrichtian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (Neuquén) Panamericansaurus schroederi (98791)
Maastrichtian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (Río Negro) Aeolosaurus sp. (32370)