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clade · 2 represented species

Lithostrotia

Lithostrotia is included in this curated classification as a clade within Titanosauria. Its displayed membership follows the simplified relationships used by this dataset.

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Lithostrotia

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Representative silhouette for Lithostrotia
2Direct child groups
2Countries represented
72–66 MaDataset range

Branch structure

Direct branches in this dataset

family

Saltasauridae

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Alamosaurus

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Representative taxa

Dinosaurs in this branch

Three reconstructed Saltasaurus loricatus showing bony plates along the backArt by LadyofHats · Public domain

Cretaceous

Saltasaurus loricatus

A compact Late Cretaceous titanosaur from Argentina whose associated bony plates and small dermal ossicles proved that some sauropods carried armour.

herbivore~7 m

Distribution

Geographic record

Argentina · United States

Country-level summary of represented seed records, not a complete range map.

Sources

Further reading

Introduction to the DinosauriaDinosaur Paleobiology