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Opisthocoelicaudiinae

Opisthocoelicaudiines
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous
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Alamosaurus herd
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Dinosauria
Order: Saurischia
Suborder: Sauropodomorpha
Clade: Neosauropoda
Clade: Macronaria
Clade: Titanosauria
Family: Saltasauridae
Subfamily: Opisthocoelicaudiinae
McIntosh, 1990
Genera

The Opisthocoelicaudiinae is a clade of titanosaurian dinosaurs from the Late Cretaceous, ranked as a subfamily. Opisthocoelicaudiines are known from China, Mongolia, and the United States (New Mexico, Texas, and Utah). Three genera have been assigned to Opisthocoelicaudiinae: Alamosaurus, Borealosaurus, and Opisthocoelicaudia (the type genus). It was named by John S. McIntosh in 1990. The hands of opisthocoelicaudiines lacked wrist bones and phalanges.



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