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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	38633	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=38633

Rank

unranked clade (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Sauropodomorpha

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1847
subphylum	Vertebrata	Lamarck 1801
superclass	Gnathostomata	Gegenbauer 1874
-	Osteichthyes
-	Sarcopterygii	Romer 1955
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha
-	Tetrapoda
-	Reptiliomorpha	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Anthracosauria	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Batrachosauria
-	Cotylosauria
-	Amniota	Haeckel 1866
-	Sauropsida	Huxley 1864
class	Reptilia	Laurenti 1768
subclass	Eureptilia
-	Romeriida	Gauthier et al. 1988
-	Diapsida
-	Eosuchia
-	Neodiapsida	Benton 1985
-	Sauria	Gauthier 1984
-	Archosauromorpha
-	Crocopoda	Ezcurra 2016
-	Archosauriformes	Gauthier 1986
-	Eucrocopoda	Ezcurra 2016
-	Archosauria
informal	Avemetatarsalia	Benton 1999
-	Ornithodira	Gauthier 1986
-	Dinosauromorpha	Benton 1985
-	Dinosauriformes	Novas 1992
-	Dinosauria
-	Saurischia
-	Eusaurischia	Padian et al. 1999
suborder	Sauropodomorpha

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Sauropodomorpha	suborder	belongs to Saurischia	implied	Romer, 1966
Sauropodomorpha	suborder	belongs to Saurischia	stated without evidence	Reig, 1970
Sauropodomorpha	order	belongs to Saurischia	stated with evidence	Bakker and Galton, 1974
Sauropodomorpha	suborder	belongs to Saurischia	stated without evidence	Krebs, 1974
Sauropodomorpha	suborder	belongs to Saurischia	implied	Benton, 1979
Sauropodomorpha	suborder	belongs to Saurischia	stated without evidence	Baird and Horner, 1979
Sauropodomorpha	suborder	belongs to Saurischia	implied	Carroll, 1988
Sauropodomorpha	unranked clade	belongs to Saurischia	stated without evidence	Gauthier et al., 1989
Sauropodomorpha	unranked clade	belongs to Saurischia	stated with evidence	Benton, 1990
Sauropodomorpha	unranked clade	belongs to Saurischia	stated without evidence	Osmolska, 1990
Sauropodomorpha	superorder	belongs to Archosauria	stated without evidence	Olshevsky, 1992
Sauropodomorpha	unranked clade	belongs to Saurischia	stated without evidence	Novas, 1992
Sauropodomorpha	unranked clade	belongs to Saurischia	stated with evidence	Sereno, 1998
Sauropodomorpha	unranked clade	belongs to Saurischia	stated without evidence	Tang et al., 2001
Sauropodomorpha	unranked clade	belongs to Eusaurischia	stated without evidence	Langer, 2004
Sauropodomorpha	unranked clade	belongs to Saurischia	stated with evidence	Martínez and Alcober, 2009
Sauropodomorpha	unranked clade	belongs to Saurischia	stated without evidence	Langer et al., 2010
Sauropodomorpha	unranked clade	belongs to Eusaurischia	stated with evidence	Novas et al., 2011
Sauropodomorpha	unranked clade	belongs to Eusaurischia	stated without evidence	Cabreira et al., 2011
Sauropodomorpha	unranked clade	belongs to Saurischia	stated with evidence	Nesbitt, 2011
Sauropodomorpha	unranked clade	belongs to Saurischia	stated without evidence	Apaldetti et al., 2018

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

870

First Recorded Appearance

247 - 242 Ma
Triassic

Last Recorded Appearance

58.7 - 48.6 Ma
Paleogene

Environment

terrestrial (based on Diapsida)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)

Taphonomy

phosphatic (based on Vertebrata)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

R. L. Carroll. 1988. Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Brontosauria ✝ order	listed (PBDB)
Palaeopoda ✝ infraorder	listed (PBDB)		1	201 Ma Early Jurassic	201 Ma Early Jurassic
Guaibasauridae ✝ family	listed (PBDB)		6	237 Ma Middle Triassic	209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Navahopodidae ✝ family	listed (PBDB)
Plateosauridae ✝ family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Plateosaurid	62	237 Ma Middle Triassic	201 Ma Early Jurassic
Thecodontosauridae ✝ family	listed (PBDB)		7	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	199 Ma Early Jurassic
Arcusaurus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	201 Ma Early Jurassic	201 Ma Early Jurassic
Asylosaurus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Bagualosaurus ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)		1	237 Ma Middle Triassic	237 Ma Middle Triassic
Buriolestes ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)		1	237 Ma Middle Triassic	237 Ma Middle Triassic
Chromogisaurus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	237 Ma Middle Triassic	237 Ma Middle Triassic
Efraasia ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)		5	228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	216 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Eoraptor ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)		1	237 Ma Middle Triassic	237 Ma Middle Triassic
Eosauropus ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)		17	237 Ma Middle Triassic	209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Lavinipes ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	237 Ma Middle Triassic	201 Ma Early Jurassic
Nambalia ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)		1	228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Navahopus ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)		3	201 Ma Early Jurassic	191 Ma Early Jurassic
Pampadromaeus ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)		3	237 Ma Middle Triassic	237 Ma Middle Triassic
Pantydraco ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Saturnalia ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)		3	237 Ma Middle Triassic	237 Ma Middle Triassic
Thecodontosaurus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		13	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	201 Ma Early Jurassic
Massopoda ✝ unranked clade	listed (PBDB)		2,829	228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	58.7 Ma Paleocene
Plateosauria ✝ unranked clade	listed (PBDB)		150	237 Ma Middle Triassic	191 Ma Early Jurassic
Unaysauridae ✝ unranked clade	listed (PBDB)		4	228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1866	Euskelesaurus Huxley pp. 1-6
1866	Euskelesaurus brownii Huxley p. 1
1866	Euskelesaurus Huxley p. 4
1866	Euskelesaurus brownii Huxley p. 4
1866	Orosaurus Huxley p. 5
1870	Euskelesaurus browni Fischer p. 177
1870	Euskelesaurus Fischer p. 178
1870	Orosaurus Fischer p. 178
1870	Euskelesaurus Huxley p. 34
1890	Euscelosaurus Zittel p. 749
1890	Orosaurus Zittel p. 749
1892	Euskelesaurus browni Seeley p. 190
1893	Euscelosaurus Winkler p. 105
1893	Euskelesaurus browni Winkler p. 113
1894	Euskelesaurus browni Seeley p. 317
1896	Euskelesaurus Marsh p. 196
1902	Euskelosaurus Huene
1902	Orosaurus Huene
1908	Euskelesaurus Huene p. 252
1909	Euskelesaurus Broom p. 289
1909	Euskelesaurus brownii Broom p. 289
1909	Euskelosaurus Huene p. 14
1911	Euskelosaurus von Zittel p. 279
1913	Euskelesaurus Broom p. 364
1913	Euskelesaurus brownii Broom p. 364
1914	Euskelosaurus Huene p. 16
1914	Euskelosaurus browni Huene p. 16
1920	Euskelesaurus Van Hoepen p. 100
1920	Euskelesaurus browni Van Hoepen p. 100
1924	Euskelosaurus Haughton
1924	Euskelosaurus browni Haughton
1928	Euskelesaurus Nopcsa p. 182–183
1932	Sauropodomorpha Huene
1940	Euskelosaurus Huene p. 263
1940	Euskelosaurus browni Huene p. 263
1951	Pachysuchus imperfectus Young
1951	Pachysuchus Young p. 25
1954	Euskelesaurus Haughton and Brink p. 4
1954	Euskelesaurus browni Haughton and Brink p. 36
1956	Orosaurus Romer p. 615
1956	Euskelosaurus Romer p. 618
1964	Orosaurus Tatarinov p. 537
1966	Euskelosaurus browni Ellenberger and Ginsburg p. 444
1966	Euskelosaurus Romer p. 370
1966	Sauropodomorpha Romer p. 370
1970	Euskelesaurus Ellenberger p. 345
1970	Euskelesaurus browni Ellenberger p. 345
1970	Sauropodomorpha Reig p. 277
1970	Sauropodomorpha Steel p. 46
1970	Orosaurus Steel p. 50
1970	Euskelosaurus Steel p. 57
1970	Euskelosaurus brownii Steel p. 57
1970	Sauropodomorpha Swinton p. 117
1972	Sauropodomorpha Ellenberger p. 152
1974	Sauropodomorpha Bakker and Galton p. 171
1974	Sauropodomorpha Krebs p. 22
1975	Sauropodomorpha Jain et al.

Year	Name and Author
1975	Sauropodomorpha del Corro p. 231
1978	Euskelesaurus Anderson and Cruickshank p. 31
1978	Sauropodomorpha Anderson and Cruickshank p. 31
1979	Sauropodomorpha Baird and Horner p. 10
1979	Sauropodomorpha Benton p. 143
1979	Euskelosaurus Heerden
1979	Euskelosaurus brownii Heerden
1980	Sauropodomorpha Ostrom p. 22
1984	Euskelosaurus Olsen and Galton p. 91
1984	Euskelosaurus browni Olsen and Galton p. 91
1984	Sauropodomorpha Russell p. 28
1985	Euskelosaurus Attridge et al. p. 128
1985	Euskelosaurus Galton p. 671
1985	Euskelosaurus brownii Galton pp. 671-672
1985	Sauropodomorpha Galton and Van Heerden
1985	Sauropodomorpha Gauthier and Padian pp. 189-190 fig. 2
1986	Euskelosaurus Battail p. 49
1986	Sauropodomorpha Gauthier p. 44
1986	Euskelosaurus Ginsburg p. 143
1986	Euskelosaurus broomi Ginsburg p. 143
1987	Sauropodomorpha Brinkman and Sues p. 503
1987	Sauropodomorpha Buscalioni and Sanz p. 66
1988	Euskelosaurus Carroll
1988	Sauropodomorpha Carroll
1989	Sauropodomorpha Gauthier et al. p. 346
1990	Sauropodomorpha Benton p. 19
1990	Sauropodomorpha Osmolska p. 148
1992	Sauropodomorpha Novas p. 131
1992	Sauropodomorpha Olshevsky p. 171
1993	Euskelosaurus browni Gauffre p. 147
1993	Euskelosaurus Gauffre p. 148
1993	Sauropodomorpha Sereno et al. p. 65 fig. 2
1995	Sauropodomorpha Long and Murry p. 189
1996	Sauropodomorpha Novas p. 737 fig. 10
1997	Euskelosaurus browni Chinsamy p. 677
1998	Euskelosaurus Galton and Van Heerden pp. 174-175
1998	Euskelosaurus brownii Galton and Van Heerden pp. 174-175
1998	Sauropodomorpha Sereno p. 63
1999	Sauropodomorpha Sereno p. 2138 fig. 2
2001	Euskelosaurus browni Durand p. 598
2001	Sauropodomorpha Tang et al. p. 14
2002	Euskelosaurus browni Harris et al. p. 251
2003	Sauropodomorpha Rauhut p. 129
2004	Euskelosaurus Galton and Upchurch p. 234 fig. 12.11
2004	Euskelosaurus brownii Galton and Upchurch p. 234
2004	Sauropodomorpha Langer p. 27
2005	Sauropodomorpha Yates p. 118 fig. 9
2006	Sauropodomorpha Ezcurra p. 657 fig. 3
2006	Sauropodomorpha Langer and Benton pp. 346-348 fig. 15
2007	Euskelosaurus browni Galton p. 518
2009	Sauropodomorpha Martínez and Alcober p. 11 fig. 10
2010	Sauropodomorpha Langer et al. p. 93
2011	Sauropodomorpha Cabreira et al. p. 1036
2011	Sauropodomorpha Nesbitt p. 212 fig. 52
2011	Sauropodomorpha Novas et al. p. 341 fig. 4
2018	Sauropodomorpha Apaldetti et al.

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