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Dinodocus, a nomen dubium
[edit]Dinodocus was considered to be a junior synonym of Pelorosaurus by McIntosh (1990), but Upchurch et. al. (2004) considered Dinodocus to be a nomen dubium and not really referable to Pelorosaurus. For this reason, Dinodocus should be removed from the Pelorosaurus species list and re-considered a nomen dubium.
McIntosh, J. S., 1990: Sauropoda. 345-401 in Weishampel, D. B., Dodson, P., & Osmólska, H. (eds.), 1990: The Dinosauria. –University of California Press, Berkley, Los Angeles, Oxford, 1990 xvi-733.
P. Upchurch, P. M. Barrett, and P. Dodson. 2004. Sauropoda. In D. B. Weishampel, H. Osmólska, and P. Dodson (eds.), The Dinosauria (2nd edition). University of California Press, Berkeley 259-322.
Non-titanosauriform affinities
[edit]Dinodocus is considered a non-titanosauriform macronarian by Mannion et. al. (2013).
Mannion, P. D., Upchurch P., Barnes R. N., & Mateus O. (2013). Osteology of the Late Jurassic Portuguese sauropod dinosaur Lusotitan atalaiensis (Macronaria) and the evolutionary history of basal titanosauriforms. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 1-109. 68.4.28.33 (talk) 18:57, 13 April 2013 (UTC)Vahe Demirjian