Dinosauria
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Description
Definition adopted: The least inclusive clade containing Iguanodon bernissartensis, Megalosaurus bucklandii and Cetiosaurus oxoniensis Phillips, 1871 (Langer et al., 2020).
Characters in support (here): Basipterygoid process mediolaterally compressed (Char. 62: 0 → 1); post-glenoid process of the coracoid extending caudal to glenoid (Char. 140: 0 → 1); presence of a strong pillar caudal to the pre-acetabular embayment of the ilium (Char. 180: 0 → 1); pubis length more than 70% or more of femoral length (Char. 188: 0 → 1); more dorsally extensive contact between the medial surface of the ischia (Char. 197: 0 → 1); presence of a dorsolateral sulcus on the ischium (Char. 198: 0 → 1); rounded or elliptical outline of the distal portion of the ischium (Char. 199: 0 → 1); kinked transition from the femoral shaft to the femoral head (Char. 208: 0 → 1); angled ‘greater trochanter’ of the femur (Char. 216: 0 → 1); presence of a transverse groove on the proximal surface of the femur (Char. 217: 0 → 1); concave caudal margin of the distal end of the tibia (Char. 240: 0 → 1); and metatarsal IV subequal or shorter than metatarsal II (Char. 217: 0 → 1).
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Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Seeley
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Order
- Dinosauria
- Taxon rank
- order
- Taxonomic concept label
- Dinosauria (Seeley, 1888) sec. Norman, Baron, Garcia & Müller, 2022
References
- Langer MC, Novas FE, Bittencourt JS, Ezcurra MD, Gauthier JA. 2020. Dinosauria R. Owen 1842. In: