Osteology of the Late Jurassic Portuguese sauropod dinosaur Lusotitan atalaiensis (Macronaria) and the evolutionary history of basal titanosauriforms

Citation

Mannion, P. D.; Upchurch, P.; Barnes, R. N.; Mateus, O. (2013). Osteology of the Late Jurassic Portuguese sauropod dinosaur Lusotitan atalaiensis (Macronaria) and the evolutionary history of basal titanosauriforms. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 168(1): 98-206. Oxford University Press (OUP). doi:10.1111/zoj.12029

Cited by genera

• Agustinia

  Reinterpreted Agustinia's purported osteoderms as ribs/ischia and tentatively regarded it as an indeterminate somphospondylan.

• Atlasaurus

  Recovered Atlasaurus as a non-neosauropod eusauropod outside Macronaria.

• Europasaurus

  Bearing on the basal macronarian placement of Europasaurus.

• Iuticosaurus

  Doubts the titanosaurian affinity of procoelous caudals such as those of Iuticosaurus.

• Lapparentosaurus

  Found no support for a titanosauriform position, recovering Lapparentosaurus as a non-neosauropod eusauropod in all analyses.

• Lusotitan

  Full osteological redescription of the lectotype, diagnosing the taxon on six autapomorphies. Reported several elements as missing from the collections, most of which were later relocated.

• Malarguesaurus

  Recovered Malarguesaurus as a non-titanosaurian somphospondylan in one analysis and as a titanosauroid in others; among the most unstable taxa.

• Pukyongosaurus

  Regards Pukyongosaurus as an indeterminate titanosauriform, lacking diagnostic features.

• Tehuelchesaurus

  Recovered Tehuelchesaurus as a non-titanosauriform (basal) macronarian.

• Xianshanosaurus

  Recovered Xianshanosaurus just outside Lithostrotia, with Daxiatitan.