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. 2018 Jun 1;6:e4881. doi: 10.7717/peerj.4881

Table 4. Sauropod taxa for which unambiguously juvenile cranial material is known.

Taxon Material Key reference
Non-neosauropods
Patagosaurus* Mandible Bonaparte (1986)
Chebsaurus Premaxilla, basicranium, surangular Läng & Mahammed (2010)
Daanosaurus Maxilla, frontal, parietal, quadrate, otoccipital Ye, Gao & Jiang (2005)
Moabosaurus* Braincase Britt et al. (2017)
Macronaria
Bellusaurus Maxilla, nasal, frontal, parietal, squamosal, quadrate, pterygoid, otoccipital, basisphenoid, dentary, angular, teeth Dong (1990); this study
Camarasaurus* Complete skull; isolated premaxilla Gilmore (1925) and Britt & Naylor (1994)
Europasaurus* Nearly complete skull elements from numerous individuals Marpmann et al. (2014)
Auca Mahuevo titanosaurian Largely complete embryonic skulls Salgado, Coria & Chiappe (2005), García et al. (2010) and García & Cerda (2010)
Lithostrotia indet. Partial embryonic skull Grellet-Tinner et al. (2011)
Rapetosaurus* Quadrate, pterygoid, partial braincase, surangular, angular Curry Rogers & Forster (2004)
Vahiny* Basioccipital Curry Rogers & Wilson (2014)
Saltasaurus* Frontal Powell (1992)
Astrodon Maxilla, fragmentary pterygoid partial braincase elements, dentary, teeth Carpenter & Tidwell (2005) and D’Emic (2013)
Diplodocoidea
cf. Diplodocus* Largely complete skull Whitlock, Wilson & Lamanna (2010)

Note:

Taxa for which adult cranial material is also known are indicated with an asterisk.