Pronunciation: oh-PISS-thoh-SEE-lih-KAW-dee-ih-nay
Author: John "Jack" McIntosh
Year: 1990
Meaning: Hollow-backed tail vertebrae sub-family
Locomotion: Quadrupedal (four leg drive)
Synonyms:
Opisthocoelicaudinae (Sereno, 1998) = spelling error
Opisthocoelicaudiidae (Averianiv and Lopatin, 2022)
Opisthocoelicaudinae (Sereno, 1998) = spelling error
Opisthocoelicaudiidae (Averianiv and Lopatin, 2022)
[Wilson and Upchurch, 2003]Definition
All saltasaurids more closely related to Opisthocoelicaudia skaryzinskii than to Saltasaurus loricatus.
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Etymology
Opisthocoelicaudiinae is derived from Greek "opistho" (behind, posterior), "koilos" (hollow, cavity), "cauda" (tail), and the Latin "inae" (sub-family).
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References
• McIntosh JS (1990) "Sauropoda". Page 345-401 in Weishampel, Osmólska, and Dodson (eds.) "The Dinosauria: First Edition".
• Wilson JA and Upchurch P (2003) "A revision of Titanosaurus Lydekker (Dinosauria – Sauropoda), the first dinosaur genus with a 'Gondwanan' distribution". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, 1(3): 125-160.
• Carpenter K and Tidwell V (2005) "Thunder lizards: the sauropodomorph dinosaurs".
• Holtz Jr TR (2007) "Dinosaurs: The Most Complete, Up-to-Date Encyclopedia for Dinosaur Lovers of All Ages".
