Biology:Argyrosauridae
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| Restoration of Paralititan | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | †Sauropodomorpha |
| Clade: | †Sauropoda |
| Clade: | †Macronaria |
| Clade: | †Titanosauria |
| Clade: | †Eutitanosauria |
| Family: | †Argyrosauridae Wilson & Sereno, 1998 |
| Type species | |
| Argyrosaurus superbus Lydekker, 1893
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Argyrosauridae is a family of large titanosaurian dinosaurs known from the late Cretaceous period of Argentina and Egypt.[1] The group has been recovered as monophyletic, including the type genus Argyrosaurus as well as Paralititan.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Holtz, T.R. Jr. (2012). Dinosaurs: The Most Complete, Up-to-Date Encyclopedia for Dinosaur Lovers of All Ages. Random House Books for Young Readers. p. 36. ISBN 978-0-375-82419-7. http://www.geol.umd.edu/~tholtz/dinoappendix/HoltzappendixWinter2011.pdf.
- ↑ Klein, N.; Sander, P. M.; Stein, K.; Le Loeuff, J.; Carballido, J. L.; Buffetaut, E. (2012). Farke, Andrew A. ed. "Modified Laminar Bone in Ampelosaurus atacis and Other Titanosaurs (Sauropoda): Implications for Life History and Physiology". PLoS ONE 7 (5): e36907. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0036907. PMID 22615842.
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