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Dinosauria

Description

Dinosauria (Fig. 6: node 1)

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).

Notes

Published as part of Norman, David B, Baron, Matthew G, Garcia, Mauricio S & Müller, Rodrigo Temp, 2022, Taxonomic, palaeobiological and evolutionary implications of a phylogenetic hypothesis for Ornithischia (Archosauria: Dinosauria), pp. 1273-1309 in Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 196 (4) on page 1285, DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlac062, http://zenodo.org/record/7381299

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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: