Classification
Dinosauria
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Saurischia
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Sauropodomorpha
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Massopoda
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Sauropodiformes
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Sauropoda
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Gravisauria
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Eusauropoda
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Mamenchisauridae
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Sites de découverte 72 sites géolocalisés
Répartition
Principaux pays
Formations géologiques
Distribution temporelle
Albien
(113.2–100.5 Ma)
1
Aptien
(121.4–113.2 Ma)
1
Hauterivien
(132.6–125.77 Ma)
1
Tithonien
(149.2–143.1 Ma)
22
Kimméridgien
(154.8–149.2 Ma)
10
Oxfordian
(161.5–154.8 Ma)
10
Callovien
(165.3–161.5 Ma)
16
Bathonien
(168.2–165.3 Ma)
7
Bajocien
(170.9–168.2 Ma)
3
Pliensbachien
(192.9–184.2 Ma)
1
Synonymes (1)
Omeisauridae
subjective synonym of Mamenchisauridae
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Bibliographie
Description originale
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