Lirainosaurinae was defined by Díez Díaz
et al. (2018) as comprising "
Lirainosaurus,
Ampelosaurus, their common ancestor, and all of its descendants", and includes the two definitional taxa as well as
Atsinganosaurus,
Lohuecotitan, and
Paludititan. The five genera are known from
Europe and all within the timespan of the late
Campanian (
Lirainosaurus) to early
Maastrichtian (
Ampelosaurus and
Atsinganosaurus). Lirainosaurinae was recovered by Diez
et al. (2018) as phylogenetically intermediate between the clades traditionally considered
Saltasauridae and a clade containing taxa normally found in
Aeolosaurini and
Lognkosauria. Unpublished cladistic results by Mocho
et al. (2019) recover
Lohuecotitan and
Paludititan as members of Lirainosaurinae, and place Lirainosaurinae as an early-diverging branch of Saltasauridae. }} ==References==