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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	57437	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=57437

Rank

unranked clade (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Eusauropoda

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
-	Sauropodomorpha
-	Massopoda	Yates 2007
-	Sauropodiformes	Martinez et al. 2011
-	Sauropoda
-	Eusauropoda	Upchurch 1995

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Eusauropoda	unranked clade	belongs to Sauropoda	stated with evidence	Upchurch, 1995
Eusauropoda	unranked clade	belongs to Sauropoda	stated without evidence	Upchurch, 1995
Eusauropoda	unranked clade	belongs to Sauropoda	stated with evidence	Sereno, 1998
Eusauropoda	unranked clade	belongs to Sauropoda	stated without evidence	Wilson and Sereno, 1998
Eusauropoda	unranked clade	belongs to Sauropoda	stated with evidence	Sereno, 1999
Eusauropoda	unranked clade	belongs to Sauropoda	stated without evidence	Sereno et al., 1999
Eusauropoda	unranked clade	belongs to Sauropoda	stated with evidence	Wilson, 2002
Eusauropoda	unranked clade	belongs to Sauropoda	stated without evidence	Sánchez-Hernández et al., 2007
Eusauropoda	unranked clade	belongs to Gravisauria	stated with evidence	Allain and Aquesbi, 2008
Eusauropoda	unranked clade	belongs to Sauropoda	stated with evidence	Bandyopadhyay et al., 2010
Eusauropoda	unranked clade	belongs to Sauropoda	stated without evidence	Xing et al., 2015

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

575

First Recorded Appearance

209 - 201 Ma
Mesozoic

Last Recorded Appearance

58.7 - 48.6 Ma
Paleogene

Environment

terrestrial (based on Sauropoda)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Sauropoda)

Diet

herbivore (based on Sauropoda)

Reproduction

oviparous, dispersal=direct/internal,mobile (based on Sauropoda)

Ontogeny

accretion,modification of parts (based on Sauropoda)

Taphonomy

hydroxylapatite,compact or dense,thick (based on Sauropoda)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

P. Upchurch. 1995. The evolutionary history of sauropod dinosaurs. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London B 349:365-390

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Cetiosauridae ✝ family	listed (PBDB)	Cetiosaurid	9	174 Ma Middle Jurassic	145 Ma Late Jurassic
Mamenchisauridae ✝ family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Mamenchisaurid	56	201 Ma Early Jurassic	122 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Barapasaurus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	199 Ma Early Jurassic	199 Ma Early Jurassic
Bellusaurus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	164 Ma Middle Jurassic	164 Ma Middle Jurassic
Cardiodon ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)		1	168 Ma Middle Jurassic	168 Ma Middle Jurassic
Cetiosauriscus ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)		1	165 Ma Middle Jurassic	165 Ma Middle Jurassic
Cetiosaurus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		30	174 Ma Middle Jurassic	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Datousaurus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	164 Ma Middle Jurassic	164 Ma Middle Jurassic
Dystrophaeus ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)		1	161 Ma Jurassic	161 Ma Jurassic
Ferganasaurus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	166 Ma Middle Jurassic	166 Ma Middle Jurassic
Haestasaurus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	145 Ma Late Jurassic	145 Ma Late Jurassic
Hudiesaurus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	164 Ma Middle Jurassic	164 Ma Middle Jurassic
Janenschia ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)		2	152 Ma Late Jurassic	152 Ma Late Jurassic
Jobaria ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)		2	168 Ma Middle Jurassic	168 Ma Middle Jurassic
Klamelisaurus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	166 Ma Middle Jurassic	166 Ma Middle Jurassic
Lapparentosaurus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	168 Ma Middle Jurassic	168 Ma Middle Jurassic
Nebulasaurus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	174 Ma Middle Jurassic	174 Ma Middle Jurassic
Patagosaurus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	180 Ma Early Jurassic	180 Ma Early Jurassic
Rhoetosaurus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	161 Ma Jurassic	161 Ma Jurassic
Shunosaurus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	164 Ma Middle Jurassic	164 Ma Middle Jurassic
Spinophorosaurus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	170 Ma Middle Jurassic	170 Ma Middle Jurassic
Volkheimeria ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)		1	180 Ma Early Jurassic	180 Ma Early Jurassic
Neosauropoda ✝ unranked clade	listed (PBDB)		1,516	180 Ma Early Jurassic	58.7 Ma Paleocene
Turiasauria ✝ unranked clade	listed (PBDB)		10	157 Ma Jurassic	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1887	Ornithopsis leedsi Hulke p. 454
1889	Ornithopsis leedsi Seeley p. 393 fig. 3
1890	Ornithopsis leedsi Woodward and Sherborn p. 260
1890	Ornithopsis leedsi Zittel p. 714
1895	Pelorosaurus leedsi Lydekker p. 330
1895	Bothriospondylus madagascariensis Lydekker p. 335 figs. 1-5
1896	Bothriospondylus madagascariensis Depéret p. 193
1900	Pelorosaurus leedsi Sauvage p. 504
1902	Bothriospondylus madagascariensis Boule p. 56
1902	Ornithopsis leedsi Mansel-Pleydell p. lxxvii
1903	Cetiosaurus leedsi Anonymous p. 71
1904	Algoasaurus Broom pp. 446-447
1904	Algoasaurus bauri Broom p. 447
1905	Cetiosaurus leedsi Woodward p. 232
1907	Bothriospondylus madagascariensis Thevenin p. 3
1908	Bothriospondylus madagascariensis Fraas p. 138
1908	Algoasaurus Huene p. 348
1909	Algoasaurus Arldt p. 263
1909	Algoasaurus Huene p. 15
1911	Algoasaurus von Zittel p. 288
1913	Algoasaurus bauri Schwarz p. 264
1914	Algoasaurus bauri Schwarz p. 41
1915	Algoasaurus Broom p. 162
1915	Algoasaurus bauri Broom p. 162
1917	Cetiosaurus leedsi Moodie p. 390
1924	Cetiosaurus leedsi Lull p. 234
1927	Cetiosauriscus leedsi Huene p. 122
1927	Bothriospondylus madagascariensis Huene p. 446
1927	Cetiosauriscus leedsi Huene p. 454
1928	Bothriospondylus madagascariensis Haughton p. 71
1932	Algoasaurus Stromer p. 7
1932	Cetiosauriscus leedsi Stromer p. 9
1934	Cetiosaurus leedsi Swinton p. 33
1943	Bothriospondylus madagascariensis Lapparent p. 12
1946	Algoasaurus Gilmore p. 30
1948	Bothriospondylus madagascariensis Cabrera p. 38
1956	Ornithopsis leedsi Leeds p. 35
1956	Algoasaurus Romer p. 622
1957	Algoasaurus bauri Lapparent p. 110
1957	Bothriospondylus madagascariensis Lavocat p. 363
1960	Ornithopsis leedsi Delair p. 83
1963	Bothriospondylus madagascariensis Furon p. 359
1964	Algoasaurus Tatarinov p. 552
1966	Algoasaurus Romer p. 370
1967	Bothriospondylus madagascariensis Lapparent p. 10
1968	Bothriospondylus madagascariensis de Ricqlès p. 164
1970	Ornithopsis leedsi Macfadyen p. 127
1970	Cetiosaurus leedsi Steel p. 64
1970	Bothriospondylus madagascariensis Steel p. 67
1970	Algoasaurus Steel p. 75
1970	Algoasaurus bauri Steel p. 75
1970	Cetiosaurus leedsi Swinton pp. 168-169
1975	Bothriospondylus madagascariensis Ogier p. 3–4
1976	Algoasaurus bauri McLachlan and McMillan p. 204

Year	Name and Author
1977	Bothriospondylus madagascariensis Taquet p. 328
1978	Bothriospondylus madagascariensis Ingavat and Taquet pp. SP1-2
1979	Bothriospondylus madagascariensis Jain et al. p. 206
1979	Cetiosaurus leedsi Jain et al. p. 206
1980	Bothriospondylus madagascariensis Molnar p. 136
1980	Algoasaurus Molnar p. 138
1983	Cetiosaurus leedsi Galton pp. 2-3
1983	Algoasaurus Rich et al. p. 285–287
1983	Algoasaurus bauri Rich et al. p. 285
1983	Bothriospondylus madagascariensis Rich et al. p. 287 fig. 9
1984	Bothriospondylus madagascariensis Taquet p. 79
1985	Algoasaurus Rich and Rich p. 647
1985	Algoasaurus bauri Rich and Rich p. 647
1986	Bothriospondylus madagascariensis Bonaparte p. 251
1986	Bothriospondylus madagascariensis Sanz p. 85
1987	Algosaurus Casanovas et al. p. 98
1987	Cetiosaurus leedsi Sanz et al. p. 59
1987	Bothriospondylus madagascariensis Sanz et al. p. 60
1988	Algoasaurus Carroll
1988	Ornithopsis leedsi Martill p. 184
1991	Bothriospondylus madagascariensis Buffetaut et al. p. 25
1992	Algoasaurus Molnar p. 266
1992	Algoasaurus bauri Molnar p. 266
1993	Bothriospondylus madagascariensis Martin et al. p. 422
1993	Bothriospondylus madagascariensis Salgado p. 268
1994	Ornithopsis leedsi Brokenshire and Clarke p. 178
1995	Eusauropoda Upchurch p. 253
1996	Algoasaurus Jacobs et al. p. 604
1997	Algoasaurus bauri Chinsamy p. 677
1997	Bothriospondylus madagascariensis Currie and Padian p. 369
1997	Bothriospondylus madagascariensis Erickson p. 5
1997	Eusauropoda Salgado et al. p. 7
1997	Eusauropoda Sereno p. 444
1998	Eusauropoda Sereno p. 63
1998	Eusauropoda Wilson and Sereno p. 31
1999	Eusauropoda Sereno p. 2138 fig. 2
1999	Eusauropoda Sereno et al. p. 1346 fig. 4
2002	Eusauropoda Wilson p. 240 fig. 13
2003	Algoasaurus bauri Carvalho et al. p. 709
2004	Eusauropoda Upchurch et al. p. 262
2005	Cetiosaurus leedsi Apesteguía p. 323 fig. 15.1
2006	Bothriospondylus madagascariensis Flynn et al. p. 478
2006	Eusauropoda Royo-Torres et al. p. 1926 fig. 3
2007	Eusauropoda Smith and Pol p. 668 fig. 7
2007	Eusauropoda Sánchez-Hernández et al. p. 196
2007	Eusauropoda Upchurch et al. p. 62 fig. 3
2008	Eusauropoda Allain and Aquesbi p. 404
2009	Algoasaurus bauri Forster et al. p. 283
2010	Eusauropoda Bandyopadhyay et al. pp. 562-563 fig. 17
2010	Eusauropoda Suteethorn et al.
2012	Algoasaurus bauri Galton and Molnar p. 17
2012	Algoasaurus bauri Ibiricu et al. p. 230
2015	Eusauropoda Xing et al.

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