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clade · 10 represented species

Macronaria

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

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Macronaria

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Representative silhouette for Macronaria
6Direct child groups
5Countries represented
185–66 MaDataset range

Branch structure

Direct branches in this dataset

Representative taxa

Dinosaurs in this branch

Jurassic

Camarasaurus lentus

A robust Morrison Formation sauropod with a blunt box-like skull, spoon-shaped teeth and one of the most complete articulated sauropod skeletons ever found.

herbivore~15 m

Cretaceous

Nagatitan chaiyaphumensis

A gigantic Early Cretaceous sauropod from Thailand, represented by an associated partial skeleton and estimated at about 27 metres and 27 tonnes.

herbivore~27 m

Jurassic

Brachiosaurus altithorax

A rare, high-shouldered Morrison Formation sauropod named from a partial Colorado skeleton with a huge humerus, deep trunk vertebrae and forelimbs longer than its hind limbs.

herbivore~21 m

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

Cretaceous

Argentinosaurus huinculensis

An immense but very incompletely known titanosaur from Argentina's Huincul Formation. Its enormous back vertebrae and partial sacrum establish gigantic size, while most familiar full-body proportions remain reconstructed from relatives.

herbivore~33 m

Distribution

Geographic record

United States · Thailand · Argentina · India · Germany

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

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