Sauropod dinosaur phylogeny: critique and cladistic analysis

By JEFFREY A. Wilson. 2002

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Subfields: Nature and Landscape Conservation, Paleontology

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In Nature and Landscape Conservation

1. P. Mannion
2. José Luis Carballido
3. A. Otero
4. Paul Upchurch
5. Martin Sander
6. D. Pol
7. M. D'emic
8. O. Mateus

In Paleontology

1. P. Mannion
2. José Luis Carballido
3. A. Otero
4. Paul Upchurch
5. Martin Sander
6. D. Pol
7. M. D'emic
8. O. Mateus

Citations in the corpus

• The Appendicular Skeleton of Neuquensaurus, a Late Cretaceous Saltasaurine Sauropod from Patagonia, Argentina (2010, background): “The ischiadic peduncle is poorly developed, as in other sauropods (Wilson 2002).”
• The significance of Suuwassea emilieae (Dinosauria: Sauropoda) for flagellicaudatan intrarelationships and evolution (2006, methodology): “The large number of taxa used precluded an exhaustive search, so following the guidelines used by Wilson (2002), an initial heuristic analysis was performed using random stepwise addition (with 50 replicates) with Maximum trees = 500 000.”
• A NEW TITANOSAUR SAUROPOD FROM THE LATE CRETACEOUS OF NEUQUÉN, PATAGONIA, ARGENTINA 1 (2007, methodology): “14) is similar, in general lines, to previous studies (SALGADO et al., 1997a; WILSON, 2002; GONZÁLEZ RIGA, 2003; CALVO & GONZÁLEZ RIGA, 2003) but presents differences due to the inclusion of new taxa and characters.”
• Anatomy of the basal titanosaur (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) Andesaurus delgadoi from the mid-Cretaceous (Albian–early Cenomanian) Río Limay Formation, Neuquén Province, Argentina: implications for titanosaur systematics (2011, background): “Consequently, Bonaparte & Coria (1993) coined the family name ‘Andesauridae’ to incorporate Andesaurus, Argentinosaurus, and Epachthosaurus, and erected Titanosauria to include the two families (i.e. ‘Andesauridae’ and ‘Titanosauridae’; see also Wilson & Upchurch, 2003).”
• REVISION OF THE TENDAGURU SAUROPOD DINOSAUR TORNIERIA AFRICAN A (FRAAS) AND ITS RELEVANCE FOR SAUROPOD PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY (2006, methodology): “The autapomorphies of Barosaurus determined by Wilson (2002), a lateral process at the site of fusion of the spinoprezygapophyseal and spinopostzygapophyseal laminae, and a distal rounded expansion of the neural spine, are missing in Tornieria.”
• A Reappraisal of the Late Cretaceous Argentinean Sauropod Dinosaur Argyrosaurus superbus, with a Description of a New Titanosaur Genus (2012, background): “2A), as in other titanosaurs (Upchurch, 1999; Wilson, 2002; Otero, 2010; Mannion and Calvo, 2011).”
• A new diplodocoid sauropod dinosaur from the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation of Montana, USA (2004, methodology): “The proximomedial corner forms an angle of approximately 90° but is not squared off, sitting instead on a triangular proximolateral process, as in all non− titanosauriform sauropods (Wilson 2002).”
• A new basal rebbachisaurid (Sauropoda, Diplodocoidea) from the Early Cretaceous of the Neuquén Basin; evolution and biogeography of the group (2012, background): “Wilson (2002) recovered the presence of circular diaphysis as a synapomorphic character of rebbachisaurids; however, the ratio between the lateromedial width and the anteroposterior length in these diplodocoids does not greatly differ from other sauropods (Mannion et al. 2012).”
• The postcranial osteology of Rapetosaurus krausei (Sauropoda: Titanosauria) from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar (2009, background): “Nine key analyses of titanosaur relationships (Salgado et al., 1997; Upchurch, 1998; Sanz et al., 1999; Curry Rogers and Forster, 2001; Wilson, 2002; Calvo and González Riga, 2003; Upchurch et al., 2004; Curry Rogers 2005) suggest some general agreement on titanosaur phylogeny, which may be…”
• A NEW SPECIMEN OF NEUQUENSAURUS AUSTRALIS, A LATE CRETACEOUS SALTASAURINE TITANOSAUR FROM NORTH PATAGONIA (2005, background): “Distally the tibia expands transversely, a feature seen in other titanosaurs (Wilson, 2002).”
• Postcranial Anatomy and Phylogenetic Relationships of Mussaurus patagonicus (Dinosauria, Sauropodomorpha) (2013, background): “Despite its incompleteness, it can be seen that the acromion process is reduced, as in most non-eusauropod sauropodomorphs (Wilson, 2002), although it presents a thickened craniodorsal margin.”
• Amazonsaurus maranhensis gen. et sp. nov. (Sauropoda, Diplodocoidea) from the Lower Cretaceous (Aptian–Albian) of Brazil (2003, unknown): “Wilson (2002), p. 270) stated that ‘anterior caudal neural arches with spinoprezygapophyseal lamina (SPRL) on lateral aspect of neural spine’ is a synapomorphy of Diplodocidae plus Dicraeosauridae.”
• New information on the anatomy and systematic position of Dinheirosaurus lourinhanensis (Sauropoda: Diplodocoidea) from the Late Jurassic of Portugal, with a review of European diplodocoids (2012, background): “Weak, approximately vertical anterior centroparapophyseal laminae (ACPL) appear to be present from Dv5 onwards (contra Upchurch et al. 2004a), as in most eusauropods (Wilson 1999, 2002); however, preservation in this region is poor in all of the vertebrae.”