Partly after Curry Rogers & Forster, 2001 and Keesey, 1996-2004
<==o †Titanosauridae Lydekker, 1877 [Saltasauridae Powell, 1988] |?- †Ampelosaurus atacis Le Loeuff, 1995 |?- †“Antarctosaurus” septentrionalis Huene & Matley, 1933 [nomen nudum] |?- †“Antarctosaurus” jaxarticus Riabinin, 1939 [nomen nudum] |?- †Hypselosaurus priscus Matheron, 1869 |?- †Jainosaurus septentrionalis (von Huene & Matley, 1933) Hunt, Lockley, Lucas & von Meyer, 1995 |?- †Laplatasaurus araukanicus Huene, 1929a |?- †Janenschia robusta (Fraas, 1908) Wild, 1991 |?- †Jiangshanosaurus lixianensis |?- †Pellegrinisaurus powelli Salgado, 1996 |?- †Puertasaurus reuili |?- †“Titanosaurus” valdensis Huene, 1929a [nomen nudum] |?- †“Titanosaurus” madagascariensis Deperet, 1896 [nomen dubium] |?- †Tornieria robusta (Fraas, 1908) Sternfeld, 1911 [Gigantosaurus robustus Fraas, 1908] |?-o †Magyarosaurus Huene, 1932 | |-- †M. dacus (Nopcsa, 1915) [Titanosaurus dacus Nopcsa, 1915] | |-- †M. transsylvanicus Huene, 1932 | `-- †M. hungaricus Huene, 1932 |?- †Rocasaurus muniozi Salgado & Azpilicueta, 2000 `--+-- †Argentinosaurus huinculensis Bonaparte & Coria, 1993 `--+--+--o †Antarctosaurus Huene, 1929a [Antarctosauridae] | | |-- †A. wichmannianus Huene, 1929a | | |-- †A. giganteus Huene, 1929a | | `-- †A. brasiliensis Arid & Vizotto, 1972 | `--+-- †Malawisaurus dixeyi (Haughton, 1928) [Gigantosaurus robustus Fraas, 1908; Tornieria dixeyi (Fraas, 1908) Sternfeld, 1911] [paraphyletic Andesauridae] | `--o †Nemegtosaurini [Nemegtosauridae] | |?- †Dyslocosaurus polyonychius McIntosh, Coombs & Russell, 1992 | |-- †Quaesitosaurus orientalis Kurzanov & Bannikov, 1983 | `--+-- †Rapetosaurus krausei Curry Rogers & Forster, 2001 | `-- †Nemegtosaurus mongoliensis Nowinski, 1971 `--+-- †Argyrosaurus superbus Lydekker, 1893a [Argyrosauridae] `--+--+?- †Gondwanatitan faustoi Kellner & de Azevedo, 1999 [=? Aeolosaurus] | `-- †Aeolosaurus rionegrinus Powell,1988 [=? Gondwanatitan] `--+-- †Alamosaurus sanjuanensis Gilmore, 1922 |?- †Epachthosaurus sciuttoi Powell, 1990 |--o †Titanosaurus Lydekker, 1877 [nomen dubium sensu Wilson & Upchurch, 2003] | |-- †T. indicus Lydekker, 1877 [nomen dubium] | |-- †T. blanfordi Lydekker, 1879 | |-- †T. colberti Jain & Bandyopadhyay, 1997 | `-- †T. falloti Hoffet, 1942 `--o †Saltasauridae Powell, 1987 sensu Wilson & Upchurch, 2003? |-- †Opisthocoelicaudia skarzynskii Borsuk-Biallynicka, 1977 [Opisthocoelicaudiinae McIntosh, 1990] `--+-- †Neuquensaurus australis (Lydekker, 1893) Powell, 1992 `--o †Saltasaurus Bonaparte & Powell, 1980 [Microcoelus Lydekker, 1893a; ?Loricosaurus Huene, 1929a] [Saltasauriinae Powell, 1987] |-- †S. loricatus Bonaparte & Powell, 1980 |-- †S. australis (Lydekker, 1893a) [Titanosaurus australis Lydekker, 1893a; Titanosaurus nanus Lydekker, 1893a; Microcoelus patagonicus Lydekker, 1893a; ?Loricosaurus sculatus Huene, 1929a] `-- †S. robustus (Huene, 1929a) [Titanosaurus robustus Huene, 1929a]
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