| Saltasauroids | |
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| Skeleton ofNeuquensaurus | |
Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | †Sauropodomorpha |
| Clade: | †Sauropoda |
| Clade: | †Macronaria |
| Clade: | †Titanosauria |
| Clade: | †Eutitanosauria |
| Superfamily: | †Saltasauroidea (Powell,1992) Françaet al.,2016[1] |
| Genera[1][2] | |
Saltasauroidea is asuperfamily oftitanosaurs named by França and colleagues in 2016 based on their phylogenetic results, for a clade unitingAeolosaurini andSaltasauridae, as well as the intermediate generaBaurutitan,Diamantinasaurus andIsisaurus.[1] The group was not discussed in the text, but was supported by Carballido and colleagues in 2022 as a useful designation for subdividing titanosaurs. As there was no discussion about the intentions for the clade, Carballido gave it the definition of all taxa closer toSaltasaurus thanPatagotitan, encompassing half ofEutitanosauria as the sister taxon to the inversely definedColossosauria. Carballidoet al. placedNemegtosauridae and Saltasauridae within the group, though they had Aeolosaurini within Colossosauria. The informal cladogram of titanosaur relationships they proposed is shown below.[2]
