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Subclade Archosauria: Avemetatarsalia to Neornithes 
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Taxon Titanosauridae 
Nominal Author Lydekker 1895 
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Rejection Criteria junior synonym
historically polyphyletic
incomplete definition
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Critique Although defined by three authors with comparable definitions (Salgado et al. 1997, Gonzalaz-Riga 2003, Salgado 2003) and in wide use before that, Titanosauridae is not recommended here for continued use. Wilson and Upchurch (2003) have reviewed the inadequate nature of the type species of the genus Titanosaurus, and thus all family group names based on the nominotypical genus Titanosaurus should be abandoned (including Titanosaurinae, Titanosauridae, Titanosauroidea).  
 
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Definition 1 The clade including the most recent common ancestor of Epachthosaurus scuittoi, Malawisaurus dixeyi, Argentinosaurus huinculensis, Titanosauridae indet. (DGM “Serie B”), Opisthocoelicaudia skarzynskii, Aeolosaurus, Alamosaurus sanjuanensis, Saltasaurinae, and all of its descendants. 
Author Salgado et al. 1997:20 
Type node  stem 
Specifiers Epachthosaurus sciuttoi, Malawisaurus dixeyi, Argentinosaurus huinculensis, Titanosauridae indet. (DGM “Serie B”), Opisthocoelicaudia skarzynskii, Aeolosaurus, 
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Definitional History #2
Definition 2 The clade including the most recent common ancestor of Malawisaurus, Epachthosaurus, Argentinosaurus, Opisthocoelicaudia, Aeolosaurus, Alamosaurus, Saltisaurinae and all of its descendants. 
Author Gonzalaz-Riga 2003:168 
Type node  stem 
Specifiers Malawisaurus, Epachthosaurus, Argentinosaurus, Opisthocoelicaudia, Aeolosaurus, Alamosaurus, Saltisaurinae 
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Definitional History #3
Definition 3 Epachthosaurus, Saltasaurus, their most recent common ancestor and all its descendants. 
Author Salgado 2003:20 
Type node  stem 
Specifiers Epachthosaurus, Saltasaurus 
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