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Camarasauromorpha ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	71921	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=71921

Rank

unranked clade (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Camarasauromorpha

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
-	Neosauropoda	Bonaparte 1986
-	Macronaria	Sereno 1997
-	Camarasauromorpha	Salgado et al. 1997

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Camarasauromorpha	unranked clade	belongs to Neosauropoda	stated without evidence	Salgado et al., 1997
Camarasauromorpha	unranked clade	belongs to Macronaria	stated with evidence	Upchurch et al., 2004
Camarasauromorpha	unranked clade	belongs to Macronaria	stated without evidence	de Almeida et al., 2004
Camarasauromorpha	unranked clade	belongs to Macronaria	stated with evidence	Royo-Torres et al., 2006
Camarasauromorpha	unranked clade	belongs to Neosauropoda	stated without evidence	Moser et al., 2006
Camarasauromorpha	unranked clade	belongs to Macronaria	stated with evidence	Mocho et al., 2014

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

170 - 168 Ma
Middle Jurassic

Last Recorded Appearance

70.6 - 66.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

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)

L. Salgado, R. A. Coria, and J. O. Calvo. 1997. Evolution of titanosaurid sauropods. I: Phylogenetic analysis based on the postcranial evidence. Ameghiniana 34(1):3-32

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Camarasauridae ✝ family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Camarasaurid	149	166 Ma Middle Jurassic	70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Europasaurus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	156 Ma Jurassic	156 Ma Jurassic
Tehuelchesaurus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	157 Ma Jurassic	157 Ma Jurassic

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1997	Camarasauromorpha Salgado et al. p. 9
1997	Brachiosauria Upchurch p. 82A
2004	Camarasauromorpha Upchurch et al. p. 266
2004	Camarasauromorpha de Almeida et al. p. 242
2006	Camarasauromorpha Moser et al. p. 36
2006	Camarasauromorpha Royo-Torres et al. p. 1926 fig. 3
2011	Camarasauromorpha Taylor et al. p. 78
2014	Camarasauromorpha Mocho et al.
2019	Camarasauromorpha Carballido et al.

References

Salgado L., Coria R. A., et al (1997) Evolution of titanosaurid sauropods. I: Phylogenetic analysis based on the postcranial evidence, Ameghiniana 34 1, 3-32

Upchurch P., Barrett P. M., et al (2004) Sauropoda, The Dinosauria (2nd edition). University of California Press, Berkeley, 259-322

Moser M., Mathur U. B., et al (2006) Oldest camarasauromorph sauropod (Dinosauria) discovered in the Middle Jurassic (Bajocian) of the Khadir Island, Kachchh, western India, Paläontologische Zeitschrift 80 1, 34-51

Royo-Torres R., Cobos A., et al (2006) A giant European dinosaur and a new sauropod clade, Science 314, 1925-1927

Taylor M. P., Wedel M. J., et al (2011) A new sauropod dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous Cedar Mountain Formation, Utah, USA, Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 56 1, 75-98 doi:10.4202/app.2010.0073

Mocho P., Royo-Torres R., et al (2014) Phylogenetic reassessment of Lourinhasaurus alenquerensis, a basal Macronaria (Sauropoda) from the Upper Jurassic of Portugal, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 170, 875-916 doi:10.1111/zoj.12113

Carballido J. L., Scheil M., et al (2019) The appendicular skeleton of the dwarf macronarian sauropod Europasaurus holgeri from the Late Jurassic of Germany and a re-evaluation of its systematic affinities, Journal of Systematic Palaeontology doi:10.1080/14772019.2019.1683770

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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