Stegosaurides
Stegosaurides | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | †Ornithischia |
Clade: | †Genasauria |
Clade: | †Thyreophora |
Genus: | †Stegosaurides Bohlin, 1953 |
Species: | †S. excavatus
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Binomial name | |
†Stegosaurides excavatus Bohlin, 1953
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Synonyms | |
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Stegosaurides (meaning "
Discovery and species
In 1930,
The type species is Stegosaurides excavatus, formally described by Bohlin in 1953. The generic name combines Stegosaurus with the Greek ~eides, "-shaped", in reference to the presumed similarity with the vertebrae of Stegosaurus. The specific name means "hollowed out" in Latin and refers to two large depressions, one each on either side of the spine base.[1] It is currently considered a nomen dubium as the material is so limited.
Phylogeny
Bohlin placed Stegosaurides in the
See also
Notes
- ^ a b c B. Bohlin, (1953), Fossil reptiles from Mongolia and Kansu. Reports from the Scientific Expedition to the North-western Provinces of China under Leadership of Dr. Sven Hedin. VI. Vertebrate Palaeontology 6. The Sino-Swedish Expedition Publications 37, 113 pp
- ^ Weishampel, D.B., Dodson, P., Osmólska, H., & Hilton, Richard P., 2004, The Dinosauria, University of California Press, p. 567
- ISBN 978-3-540-52084-9.