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Ornithopoda (ornithopod)

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Ornithopoda was named by Marsh (1881). It was considered monophyletic by Butler et al. (2008), Butler and Sullivan (2009), unknown by Zheng et al. (2012).

It was reranked as the order Ornithopoda by Dollo (1882), Dollo (1885), Bakker and Galton (1974), Cooper (1985), Bakker (1986); it was reranked as the infraorder Ornithopoda by Quenstedt (1882), Baur (1887), Gadow (1897), Van Den Broeck (1900), Huene (1927), Coria et al. (2012); it was reranked as the superfamily Ornithopoda by Zittel (1890); it was synonymized subjectively with Iguanodontoidea by Hay (1902); it was corrected as Ornithopodi by Perrier (1928); it was reranked as the unranked clade Ornithopoda by Sereno (1986), Sereno (1997), Sereno (1998), Sereno (1999), Buchholz (2002), Rauhut (2003), Weishampel (2004), Sánchez-Hernández et al. (2007), Butler et al. (2007), Butler et al. (2008), Butler and Sullivan (2009), Cruzado-Caballero et al. (2010), Campione and Evans (2011), Shibata et al. (2011), Han et al. (2012), Zheng et al. (2012), Escaso et al. (2014), Freedman Fowler and Horner (2015), Gasulla et al. (2015), Wang et al. (2017), Madzia et al. (2018), Xu et al. (2018), Herne et al. (2018), Herne et al. (2019), Ibiricu et al. (2019), Novas et al. (2019), Kobayashi et al. (2019), Prieto-Márquez et al. (2019), Zhang et al. (2019), Dieudonné et al. (2020), Ibiricu et al. (2021), Moyano-Paz et al. (2022).

It was assigned to Dinosauri by Quenstedt (1882); to Dinosauria by Dollo (1882), Meunier (1883), Marsh (1884), Dollo (1885), Winkler (1893); to Predentata by Marsh (1894), Marsh (1895), Marsh (1896), Hatcher (1901); to Dinosauria by Marsh (1881), Marsh (1882), Dollo (1884), Marsh (1885), Lydekker (1888), Sauvage (1896), Sauvage (1898), Gegenbaur (1898), Woodward (1898), Sauvage (1900), Mansel-Pleydell (1902), Sauvage (1914); to Orthopoda by Gadow (1898), Gadow (1901), Nopcsa (1923), Perrier (1928); to Ornithosuchia by Haughton and Brink (1954); to Orthopoda by Baur (1887), Zittel (1890), Gadow (1897), Van Den Broeck (1900), Huene (1908), Lull (1912), Huene (1927), Lapparent (1960); to Ornithischia by Bakker and Galton (1974); to Ornithischia by Cooper (1985); to Predentata by Bakker (1986); to Euornithopoda by Sereno (1986); to Neornithischia by Sereno (1997), Sereno (1998), Sereno (1999); to Genasauria by Sánchez-Hernández et al. (2007); to Ornithischia by Arldt (1909), Huene (1909), Huene (1914), Matthew (1915), Lull (1924), Swinton (1936), Roxo (1937), Kuhn (1946), Lapparent (1947), Huene (1948), Sternberg (1953), Huene (1954), Sternberg (1954), Romer (1956), Huene (1958), Delair (1960), Parsch (1963), Tatarinov (1964), Kuhn (1964), Estes (1964), Ostrom (1965), Simmons (1965), Kuhn (1966), Romer (1966), Charig (1967), Miller (1967), Swinton (1970), Haubold (1971), Krebs (1974), Thulborn (1977), Bonaparte (1978), Anderson and Cruickshank (1978), Baird and Horner (1979), Benton (1979), Ostrom (1980), McIntosh (1981), Thurmond and Jones (1981), McGinnis (1982), Weishampel and Weishampel (1983), Dong et al. (1983), Zhao (1983), Norman (1984), Russell (1984), Maryanska and Osmólska (1985), Battail (1986), Buscalioni and Sanz (1987), Carroll (1988), Dong (1989), Godefroit et al. (1998), Peng et al. (2001), Martinelli and Forasiepi (2004), Chure et al. (2006), Coria et al. (2012), Apesteguía et al. (2012); to Neornithischia by Madzia et al. (2018); to Cerapoda by Benton (1990), Buchholz (2002), Weishampel (2004), Butler et al. (2007), Butler et al. (2008), Butler and Sullivan (2009), Han et al. (2012), Zheng et al. (2012), Herne et al. (2018), Herne et al. (2019), Dieudonné et al. (2020); and to Ornithischia by Swinton (1934), Rauhut (2003), Novas et al. (2004), Cruzado-Caballero et al. (2010), Campione and Evans (2011), Shibata et al. (2011), Escaso et al. (2014), Freedman Fowler and Horner (2015), Gasulla et al. (2015), Wang et al. (2017), Xu et al. (2018), Ibiricu et al. (2019), Novas et al. (2019), Kobayashi et al. (2019), Prieto-Márquez et al. (2019), Zhang et al. (2019), Ibiricu et al. (2021), Moyano-Paz et al. (2022), Agnolín et al. (2023).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1878Laosaurus celer King p. 346
1878Laosaurus Marsh
1878Laosaurus celer Marsh
1878Laosaurus Marsh p. 244
1878Laosaurus celer Marsh p. 244
1878Laosaurus Williston p. 45
1879Laosaurus Marsh p. 501
1880Laosaurus aler Sauvage p. 523
1881Laosaurus Marsh
1881Ornithopoda Marsh
1882Laosaurus Dollo
1882Ornithopoda Dollo
1882Laosaurus Marsh
1882Ornithopoda Marsh
1882Laosaurus Quenstedt p. 188
1882Ornithopoda Quenstedt p. 188
1882Laosaurus Sauvage p. 35
1883Ornithopeda Meunier p. 338
1884Laosaurus Dollo p. 298
1884Ornithopoda Dollo p. 298
1884Laosaurus Marsh p. 68
1884Ornithopoda Marsh p. 68
1885Ornithopoda Dollo p. 35
1885Laosaurus Marsh p. 764
1885Ornithopoda Marsh p. 764
1887Ornithopoda Baur p. 101
1888Ornithopoda Lydekker p. 175
1890Ornithopoda Zittel pp. 450, 754–755
1890Laosaurus Zittel p. 755
1893Laosaurus Winkler p. 111
1893Ornithopoda Winkler p. 111
1894Laosaurus Marsh
1894Laosaurus celer Marsh
1894Ornithopoda Marsh
1895Laosaurus Marsh
1895Ornithopoda Marsh
1896Laosaurus celer Marsh p. 199
1896Laosaurus Marsh pp. 243-244
1896Ornithopoda Marsh p. 243
1896Ornithopoda Sauvage p. 48
1897Laosaurus Gadow p. 205
1897Ornithopoda Gadow p. 205
1898Laosaurus Gadow p. 22
1898Ornithopoda Gadow p. 22
1898Ornithopoda Gegenbaur p. 532
1898Ornithopoda Sauvage p. 9
1898Ornithopoda Woodward p. 141
1900Ornithopoda Sauvage p. 417
1900Ornithopoda Van Den Broeck p. 85
1901Ornithopoda Gadow p. 426
1901Laosaurus Gadow p. 427
1901Ornithopoda Hatcher p. 129
1901Laosaurus Nopcsa p. 209
1901Laosaurus celer Nopcsa p. 209
1902Laosaurus Hay p. 501
1902Laosaurus celer Hay p. 501
1902Ornithopoda Mansel-Pleydell p. lxxv
1902Laosaurus Nopcsa p. 153
1902Laosaurus celer Nopcsa p. 153
1908Ornithopoda Huene p. 307
1909Ornithopoda Arldt p. 263
1909Laosaurus Huene p. 16
1909Ornithopoda Huene p. 16
1911Laosaurus von Zittel p. 289
1912Ornithopoda Lull p. 210
1914Ornithopoda Huene p. 38
1914Laosaurus Huene p. 41
1914Ornithopoda Sauvage p. 255
1915Ornithopoda Matthew p. 32
1916Laosaurus celer Mook p. 146
1923Ornithopoda Nopcsa p. 126
1923Laosaurus Osborn
1924Laosaurus minimus Gilmore p. 1
1924Laosaurus celer Gilmore p. 5
1924Ornithopoda Lull p. 237
1924Laosaurus Lull p. 239
1925Laosaurus celer Gilmore p. 403
1925Laosaurus Gilmore p. 407
1927Ornithopoda Huene p. 259
1928Laosaurus Nopcsa p. 184
1928Laosaurus celer Perrier p. 3087
1928Ornithopodi Perrier p. 3118
1930Laosaurus Hay p. 206
1930Laosaurus celer Hay p. 206
1930Laosaurus minimus Hay p. 206
1934Laosaurus Huene p. 17
1934Ornithopoda Swinton p. 40
1936Ornithopoda Swinton p. 212
1936Laosaurus Swinton p. 574
1937Ornithopoda Roxo p. 44
1946Ornithopoda Kuhn p. 66
1947Ornithopoda Lapparent pp. 17-18
1948Ornithopoda Huene p. 93
1953Ornithopoda Sternberg p. 11
1954Ornithopoda Haughton and Brink p. 4
1954Ornithopoda Huene p. 49
1954Ornithopoda Sternberg p. 383
1956Ornithopoda Romer p. 627
1956Laosaurus Romer p. 628
1958Ornithopoda Huene p. 206
1960Ornithopoda Delair p. 84
1960Ornithopoda Lapparent p. 42
1963Ornithopoda Parsch p. 4
1963Laosaurus Parsch p. 8
1964Ornithopoda Estes p. 144
1964Ornithopoda Kuhn p. 5
1964Laosaurus Kuhn p. 7
1964Laosaurus celer Kuhn p. 7
1964Laosaurus minimus Kuhn p. 7
1964Ornithopoda Tatarinov p. 553
1964Laosaurus Tatarinov p. 555
1964Laosaurus seler Tatarinov p. 555
1965Ornithopoda Ostrom p. 39
1965Ornithopoda Simmons p. 65
1966Ornithopoda Kuhn p. 101
1966Laosaurus Romer p. 370
1966Ornithopoda Romer p. 370
1967Laosaurus Charig p. 716
1967Ornithopoda Charig p. 716
1967Ornithopoda Miller p. 233
1968Camptosaurichnus Casamiquela and Fasola p. 18 figs. Pl. 1-2
1968Camptosaurichnus fasolae Casamiquela and Fasola p. 18 figs. Pl. 1-2
1970Ornithopoda Swinton p. 117
1971Ornithopoda Haubold p. 86
1971Laosaurus Thulborn p. 77
1972Laosaurus Galton p. 465
1973Laosaurus Galton p. 17
1973Laosaurus Galton and Jensen p. 156
1974Ornithopoda Bakker and Galton p. 171
1974Laosaurus Galton p. 1064
1974Camptosaurichnus Haubold p. 46
1974Camptosaurichnus fasolae Haubold p. 143
1974Ornithopoda Krebs p. 22
1974Laosaurus Thulborn p. 171
1975Phyllodon Thulborn p. 110
1975Phyllodon henkeli Thulborn p. 110 figs. 17-20
1975Laosaurus Thulborn p. 123
1976Camptosaurichnus fasolae Chong Diaz and Gasparini p. 53
1977Othnielia Galton p. 230
1977Ornithopoda Thulborn p. 727
1978Ornithopoda Anderson and Cruickshank p. 31
1978Ornitophoda Bonaparte p. 330
1979Ornithopoda Baird and Horner p. 16
1979Ornithopoda Benton p. 143
1979Laosaurus Madsen and Miller p. 5
1980Camptosaurichnus Bonaparte p. 85
1980Phyllodon Galton p. 85
1980Ornithopoda Ostrom p. 22
1981Laosaurus Colbert p. 50
1981Camptosaurichnus Leonardi p. 934
1981Camptosaurichnus fasolae Leonardi p. 934
1981Ornithopoda McIntosh p. 30
1981Ornithopoda Thurmond and Jones p. 145
1982Ornithopoda McGinnis p. 29
1983Ornithopoda Dong et al.
1983Othnielia Galton p. 233
1983Phyllodon Galton p. 233
1983Phyllodon henkeli Galton p. 233
1983Ornithopoda Weishampel and Weishampel p. 44
1983Othnielia Weishampel and Weishampel p. 44
1983Phyllodon Weishampel and Weishampel p. 44
1983Phyllodon henkeli Weishampel and Weishampel p. 44
1983Ornithopoda Zhao p. 299
1984Ornithopoda Norman pp. 160-161 fig. 2
1984Othnielia Russell p. 23
1984Ornithopoda Russell p. 29
1985Ornithopoda Cooper p. 285
1985Othnielia Cooper p. 314
1985Ornithopoda Maryanska and Osmólska p. 142 fig. 1
1986Taponichnus Alonso and Marquillas p. 38 fig. 2
1986Taponichnus donottoi Alonso and Marquillas p. 38 fig. 2
1986Telosichnus Alonso and Marquillas p. 38
1986Telosichnus saltensis Alonso and Marquillas p. 38 fig. 3
1986Ornithopoda Bakker p. 461
1986Ornithopoda Battail p. 49
1986Goseongosauripus Kim p. 17
1986Goseongosauripus kimi Kim p. 17
1986Ornithopoda Sereno
1986Othnielia Sereno
1987Ornithopoda Buscalioni and Sanz p. 66
1988Ornithopoda Carroll
1988Othnielia Carroll
1988Phyllodon Carroll
1988Camptosauropus Gabuniya and Kurbatov p. 51 fig. 7
1988Camptosauropus vialovi Gabuniya and Kurbatov p. 51 fig. 7
1989Ornithopoda Dong
1989Camptosaurichnus Leonardi p. 167
1989Camptosaurichnus fasolae Leonardi p. 167
1990Ornithopoda Benton p. 19
1990Othnielia Benton p. 26
1990Othnielia Sues and Norman p. 500
1990Taponichnus donottoi Thulborn p. 198
1990Telosichnus saltensis Thulborn p. 198
1991Bonaparteichnium Calvo p. 248
1991Bonaparteichnium tali Calvo p. 248 figs. 6, 18-19
1991Phyllodon Galton p. 300
1991Phyllodon henkeli Galton p. 300
1991Othnielia Miller et al. p. 40
1991Camptosaurichnus fasolae Salinas et al. p. 311
1992Othnielia Weishampel and Heinrich p. 163
1993Camptosauropus Dzhailov and Novikov p. 58
1993Camptosauropus vialovi Dzhailov and Novikov p. 58
1993Taponichnus Jaillard et al. p. 637
1993Taponichnus donottoi Jaillard et al. p. 637
1993Telosichnus Jaillard et al. p. 637
1993Telosichnus saltensis Jaillard et al. p. 637
1994Othnielia Carpenter p. 290
1994Othnielia Chure et al. p. 304
1995Camptosauropus Nessov
1995Camptosauropus vialovi Nessov
1995Gilmoreosaurus arkhangelskyi Nessov p. 49
1997Othnielia Dodson p. 12
1997Siluosaurus Dong pp. 24-26 fig. 1
1997Siluosaurus zhangqiani Dong pp. 24-26 fig. 1
1997Gilmoreosaurus arkhangelskyi Ryan p. 443
1997Ornithopoda Sereno p. 443
1997Othnielia Sues p. 357
1998Ornithopoda Godefroit et al. p. 7
1998Camptosaurichnus fasolae Sarjeant et al. p. 189
1998Camptosaurichnus Sarjeant et al. p. 191
1998Ornithopoda Sereno p. 61
1999Ornithopoda Sereno p. 2138 fig. 2
2000Othnielia minima Olshevsky p. 86
2001Ornithopoda Peng et al. p. 33
2002Ornithopoda Buchholz p. 20
2002Othnielia Buchholz p. 21
2003Jiayinosauropus Dong et al. p. 324
2003Jiayinosauropus johnsoni Dong et al. p. 324 fig. 1
2003Ornithopoda Rauhut p. 16
2003Bonapartichnium Romero Molina et al. p. 25
2003Camptosaurichnus Romero Molina et al. p. 25
2003Othnielia Ruiz-Omeñaca and Canudo p. 293
2004Ornithopoda Martinelli and Forasiepi
2004Othnielia Norman et al. p. 395
2004Ornithopoda Novas et al.
2004Ornithopoda Weishampel p. 323
2005Camptosaurichnus Moreno and Benton p. 254
2005Camptosaurichnus fasolae Moreno and Benton p. 254
2006Ornithopoda Chure et al. p. 237
2006Othnielia Chure et al. p. 237
2006Laosaurus celer Mateus p. 231
2006Phyllodon henkeli Mateus p. 231
2006Camptosaurichnus fasolae Rubilar-Rogers p. 120
2007Ornithopoda Butler et al. p. 2044
2007Phyllodon henkeli Galton p. 34
2007Phyllodon henkeli Ruiz-Omeñaca et al. p. 83
2007Ornithopoda Sánchez-Hernández et al. p. 202
2008Ornithopoda Butler et al. pp. 20-21 figs. 2-4
2008Othnielia Butler et al. p. 20 figs. 2-4
2009Ornithopoda Butler and Sullivan p. 22
2009Phyllodon henkeli Ortega et al. p. 48
2009Jiayinosauropus Xing et al. pp. 834-835
2009Jiayinosauropus johnsoni Xing et al. pp. 834-835
2010Ornithopoda Cruzado-Caballero et al.
2010Phyllodon Mateus and Milàn p. 254
2010Phyllodon henkeli Mateus and Milàn p. 254
2011Ornithopoda Campione and Evans p. 7
2011Jiayinosauropus johnsoni Godefroit et al. p. 163
2011Ornithopoda Shibata et al. p. 970
2012Ornithopoda Apesteguía et al.
2012Ornithopoda Coria et al. p. 3
2012Ornithopoda Han et al. p. 1391 fig. 14
2012Camptosaurichnus fasolae Rubilar-Rogers et al. p. 247
2012Ornithopoda Zheng et al. p. 210
2013Jiayinosauropus johnsoni Lockley et al. p. 15
2014Jiayinosauropus johnsoni Abbassi and Madanipour p. 113
2014Othnielia Alifanov and Saveliev p. 419
2014Ornithopoda Escaso et al. p. 1103
2014Jiayinosauripus Lockley et al. p. 729
2014Jiayinosauripus johnsoni Lockley et al. p. 729
2014Jiayinosauropus johnsoni Xing et al. p. 190
2015Ornithopoda Freedman Fowler and Horner
2015Ornithopoda Gasulla et al.
2016Jiayinosauropus johnsoni Salisbury et al. p. 83
2017Taponichnus donottoi Cónsole-Gonella et al. p. 345
2017Telosichnus saltensis Cónsole-Gonella et al. p. 345
2017Ornithopoda Wang et al.
2018Ornithopoda Herne et al.
2018Ornithopoda Madzia et al.
2018Ornithopoda Xu et al.
2019Ornithopoda Herne et al. p. 573
2019Ornithopoda Ibiricu et al.
2019Ornithopoda Kobayashi et al.
2019Ornithopoda Novas et al. p. 230
2019Ornithopoda Prieto-Márquez et al.
2019Ornithopoda Zhang et al.
2020Ornithopoda Dieudonné et al.
2020Phyllodon henkeli Rotatori et al. p. 35
2021Ornithopoda Ibiricu et al.
2022Ornithopoda Moyano-Paz et al. p. 17
2023Ornithopoda Agnolín et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
RankNameAuthor
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Ornithischia()
—Genasauria
—Cerapoda
—Ornithopoda()
—Ornithopoda()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Unr. †Ornithopoda Marsh 1881 [ornithopod]
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G. †Ampelognathus Tykoski et al. 2023
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†Ampelognathus coheni Tykoski et al. 2023
Fm. †Anomoepodidae Lull 1904
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G. †Apatichnus Hitchcock 1858
G. †Eoanomoepus Lockley et al. 2018
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†Eoanomoepus latus Lockley et al. 2018
G. †Neoanomoepus Lockley et al. 2009
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†Neoanomoepus perigrinatus Lockley et al. 2009
G. †Shenmuichnus Li et al. 2012
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†Shenmuichnus wangi Xing et al. 2016
G. †Burianosaurus Madzia et al. 2018
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†Burianosaurus augustai Madzia et al. 2018
G. †Changchunsaurus Zan et al. 2005
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†Changchunsaurus parvus Zan et al. 2005
G. †Changmiania Yang et al. 2020
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†Changmiania liaoningensis Yang et al. 2020
Unr. †Clypeodonta Norman 2014
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Unr. †Hypsilophodontidae Dollo 1882 [hypsilophodontid]
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G. †Daurosaurus Alifanov and Saveliev 2014
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†Daurosaurus olovus Alifanov and Saveliev 2014
G. †Hypsilophodon Huxley 1870
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†Hypsilophodon foxii Huxley 1870
Unr. †Parksosauridae Buchholz 2002
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G. †Gasparinisaura Coria and Salgado 1996
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†Gasparinisaura cincosaltensis Coria and Salgado 1996
G. †Vectidromeus Longrich et al. 2024
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†Vectidromeus insularis Longrich et al. 2024
Invalid names: Dryosaurinae Cooper 1985 [empty], Hypsilophodontinae Abel 1919 [empty], Kalodontidae Nopcsa 1901 [synonym], Laosauridae Marsh 1895 [synonym], Macelognathidae Marsh 1884 [synonym], Nanosaurinae Marsh 1878 [empty]
Unr. †Iguanodontia Baur 1891
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G. †Choyrodon Gates et al. 2018
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†Choyrodon barsboldi Gates et al. 2018
G. †Convolosaurus Andrzejewski et al. 2019
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†Convolosaurus marri Andrzejewski et al. 2019
Unr. †Dryomorpha Sereno 1986
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Unr. †Ankylopollexia Sereno 1986
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G. †Bayannurosaurus Xu et al. 2018
Fm. †Camptosauridae Marsh 1885 [camptosaurid]
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Invalid names: Camptonotidae Marsh 1881 [synonym]
G. †Camptosaurus Marsh 1885
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Invalid names: Brachyrophus Cope 1878 [synonym], Camptonotus Marsh 1879 [replaced], Symphyrophus Cope 1878 [synonym], Uteodon McDonald 2011 [synonym]
G. †Iguanodon Mantell 1825
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Invalid names: Heterosaurus Cornuel 1850 [synonym], Iguanosaurus Anonymous 1824 [synonym], Struthopus Ballerstedt 1922 [synonym], Therosaurus Fitzinger 1843 [synonym]
Unr. †Neoiguanodontia Norman 2014
G. †Oblitosaurus Sánchez-Fenollosa et al. 2023
Fm. †Dryosauridae Milner and Norman 1984
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G. †Callovosaurus Galton 1980
G. †Dinehichnus Lockley et al. 1998
G. †Dryosaurus Marsh 1894
G. †Dysalotosaurus Virchow 1919
G. †Elrhazosaurus Galton 2009
G. †Valdosaurus Galton 1977
G. †Eousdryosaurus Escaso et al. 2014
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†Eousdryosaurus nanohallucis Escaso et al. 2014
G. †Hesperonyx Rotatori et al. 2024
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†Hesperonyx martinhotomasorum Rotatori et al. 2024
G. †Owenodon Galton 2009
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†Owenodon hoggii Owen 1874
Unr. †Styracosterna Sereno 1986
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G. †Calvarius Prieto-Márquez and Sellés 2023
G. †Cumnoria Seeley 1888
G. †Dakotadon Paul 2008
G. †Delapparentia Ruiz-Omeñaca 2011
G. †Draconyx Mateus and Antunes 2001
Unr. †Hadrosauriformes Sereno 1997
G. †Hippodraco McDonald et al. 2010
G. †Iguanacolossus McDonald et al. 2010
G. †Lanzhousaurus You et al. 2005
G. †Magnamanus Fuentes Vidarte et al. 2016
G. †Napaisaurus Ji and Zhang 2022
G. †Riabininohadros Ulansky 2015
G. †Theiophytalia Brill and Carpenter 2007
Invalid names: Dryosauroidea Norman 1984 [empty]
Unr. †Elasmaria Calvo et al. 2007
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G. †Anabisetia Coria and Calvo 2002
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†Anabisetia saldiviai Coria and Calvo 2002
G. †Atlascopcosaurus Rich and Vickers-Rich 1989
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†Atlascopcosaurus loadsi Rich and Vickers-Rich 1989
G. †Chakisaurus Nogueira et al. 2024
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†Chakisaurus nekul Nogueira et al. 2024
G. †Diluvicursor Herne et al. 2018
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†Diluvicursor pickeringi Herne et al. 2018
G. †Galleonosaurus Herne et al. 2019
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†Galleonosaurus dorisae Herne et al. 2019
G. †Isasicursor Novas et al. 2019
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†Isasicursor santacrucensis Novas et al. 2019
G. †Kangnasaurus Haughton 1915
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†Kangnasaurus coetzeei Haughton 1915
G. †Leaellynasaura Rich and Vickers-Rich 1989
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†Leaellynasaura amicagraphica Rich and Vickers-Rich 1989
G. †Macrogryphosaurus Calvo et al. 2007
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†Macrogryphosaurus gondwanicus Calvo et al. 2007
G. †Mahuidacursor Cruzado-Caballero et al. 2019
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†Mahuidacursor lipanglef Cruzado-Caballero et al. 2019
G. †Morrosaurus Rozadilla et al. 2016
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†Morrosaurus antarcticus Rozadilla et al. 2016
G. †Talenkauen Novas et al. 2004
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†Talenkauen santacrucensis Novas et al. 2004
G. †Tietasaura Bandeira et al. 2024
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†Tietasaura derbyiana Bandeira et al. 2024
G. †Trinisaura Coria et al. 2013
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†Trinisaura santamartaensis Coria et al. 2013
Superfm. †Iguanodontoidea Hay 1902
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G. †Craspedodon Dollo 1883
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†Craspedodon lonzeensis Dollo 1883
G. †Lurdusaurus Taquet and Russell 1999
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†Lurdusaurus arenatus Taquet and Russell 1999
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Invalid names: Gravisaurus tenerensis Chabli 1988 [objective synonym]
Invalid names: Gravisaurus Chabli 1988 [objective synonym]
Invalid names: Hadrosauria Horner 1990 [empty], Iguanodon orientalis Rozhdestvensky 1952 [nomen dubium], Lambeosauria Horner 1990 [empty]
G. †Iyuku Forster et al. 2022
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†Iyuku raathi Forster et al. 2022
G. †Mantellisaurus Paul 2007
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Invalid names: Dollodon bampingi Paul 2008 [synonym], Heterosaurus neocomiensis Cornuel 1850 [synonym], Mantellodon carpenteri Paul 2012 [synonym]
Invalid names: Dollodon Paul 2008 [synonym], Mantellodon Paul 2012 [synonym], Proplanicoxa Carpenter and Ishida 2010 [nomen dubium]
G. †Osmakasaurus McDonald 2011
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†Osmakasaurus depressus Gilmore 1909
G. †Planicoxa DiCroce and Carpenter 2001
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†Planicoxa venenica DiCroce and Carpenter 2001
Unr. †Rhabdodontomorpha Dieudonné et al. 2016
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G. †Emiliasaura Coria et al. 2024
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†Emiliasaura alessandrii Coria et al. 2024
G. †Fostoria Bell et al. 2019
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†Fostoria dhimbangunmal Bell et al. 2019
G. †Iani Zanno et al. 2023
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†Iani smithi Zanno et al. 2023
G. †Muttaburrasaurus Bartholomai and Molnar 1981
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†Muttaburrasaurus langdoni Bartholomai and Molnar 1981
Fm. †Rhabdodontidae Weishampel et al. 2003 [rhabdodontid]
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G. †Matheronodon Godefroit et al. 2017
G. †Mochlodon Seeley 1881
G. †Pareisactus Párraga and Prieto-Márquez 2019
G. †Rhabdodon Matheron 1869
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Invalid names: Oligosaurus Seeley 1881 [synonym], Ornithomerus Seeley 1881 [synonym]
G. †Transylvanosaurus Augustin et al. 2022
G. †Zalmoxes Weishampel et al. 2003
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Invalid names: Onychosaurus Nopcsa 1902 [synonym]
G. †Sektensaurus Ibiricu et al. 2019
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†Sektensaurus sanjuanboscoi Ibiricu et al. 2019
G. †Tenontosaurus Ostrom 1970
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†Tenontosaurus dossi Winkler et al. 1997
†Tenontosaurus tilletti Ostrom 1970
G. †Yueosaurus Zheng et al. 2012
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†Yueosaurus tiantaiensis Zheng et al. 2012
Invalid names: Albisaurus Fritsch 1905 [nomen dubium], Albisaurus scutifer Fritsch 1905 [nomen dubium], Anoplosaurus major Seeley 1879 [nomen dubium], Bihariosaurus Marinescu 1989 [nomen nudum], Camptosauroidea Cooper 1985 [empty], Eucercosaurus Seeley 1879 [nomen dubium], Eucercosaurus tanyspondylus Seeley 1879 [nomen dubium], Euiguanodontia Coria and Salgado 1996 [empty], Fulgurotherium Huene 1932 [nomen dubium], Iguanodon ottingeri Galton and Jensen 1979 [nomen dubium], Loncosaurus Ameghino 1899 [nomen dubium], Procerosaurus exogirarum Fritsch 1878 [nomen dubium], Sphenospondylus Seeley 1883 [nomen dubium], Syngonosaurus Seeley 1879 [nomen dubium], Syngonosaurus macrocercus Seeley 1869 [nomen dubium], Tichosteus Cope 1877 [nomen dubium], Vectisaurus Hulke 1879 [nomen dubium]
G. †Thescelosaurus Gilmore 1913
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†Thescelosaurus assiniboiensis Brown et al. 2011
†Thescelosaurus edmontonensis Sternberg 1940
†Thescelosaurus garbanii Morris 1976
†Thescelosaurus neglectus Gilmore 1913
Invalid names: Bugenasaura Galton 1995 [synonym], Bugenasaura infernalis Galton 1995 [nomen dubium]
Invalid names: Hypsilophodontia Cooper 1985 [synonym]
G. †Dakotasaurus Branson and Mehl 1932
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†Dakotasaurus browni Branson and Mehl 1932
Unr. †Euornithopoda Sereno 1986
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Infraor. †Heterodontosauria Cooper 1985
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Invalid names: Pisanosauridae Casamiquela 1967 [empty], Xiphosauridae Sereno 1986 [empty]
Invalid names: Camptosaurus valdensis Lydekker 1889 [nomen dubium], Gilmoreosaurus atavus Nessov 1995 [nomen dubium], Hypsilophodon wielandi Galton and Jensen 1979 [nomen dubium]
Subor. †Fabrosauria Cooper 1985
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Invalid names: Fabrosauroidea Cooper 1985 [empty]
G. †Gideonmantellia Ruiz-Omeñaca et al. 2012
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†Gideonmantellia amosanjuanae Ruiz-Omeñaca et al. 2012
G. †Hypsiloichnus Stanford et al. 2004
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†Hypsiloichnus marylandicus Stanford et al. 2004
Fm. †Iguanodontipodidae Vyalov 1987
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G. †Caririchnium Leonardi 1984
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†Caririchnium billsarjeanti Meyer and Thüring 2003
†Caririchnium liucixini Xing et al. 2016
†Caririchnium lotus Xing et al. 2007
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Invalid names: Iguanodonipus cuadrupedae Moratalla 1993 [synonym]
†Caririchnium magnificum Leonardi 1984
†Caririchnium yeongdongensis Kim et al. 2016
Invalid names: Caririchnium protohadrosaurichnos Lee 1997 [nomen dubium], Laoyingshanpus Xing et al. 2007 [nomen dubium]
G. †Kharkushosauropus Dzhailov and Novikov 1993
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†Kharkushosauropus kharkushensis Dzhailov and Novikov 1993
Invalid names: Brachyguanodonipus Moratalla 1993 [nomen dubium], Gigantoshiraminesauropus Azuma and Takeyama 1991 [nomen dubium], Hadrosaurichnoides Casanovas Cladellas et al. 1994 [nomen dubium], Hadrosauropodus nanxiongensis Xing et al. 2009 [nomen dubium], Iguanodonipus Moratalla 1993 [nomen dubium], Limayichnus Calvo 1991 [nomen dubium], Ornithopodichnus Kim et al. 2009 [nomen dubium], Shiraminesauropus Azuma and Takeyama 1991 [nomen dubium], Sousaichnium Leonardi 1979 [nomen dubium], Staurichnium Leonardi 1979 [nomen dubium], Wealdenichnites Kuhn 1958 [nomen dubium]
Fm. †Iguanodontipodidae Lockley et al. 2014
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G. †Amblydactylus Sternberg 1932
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†Amblydactylus kortmeyeri Currie and Sarjeant 1979
Invalid names: Amblydactylus gethingi Sternberg 1932 [nomen dubium]
G. †Hadrosauropodus Lockley et al. 2003
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†Hadrosauropodus kyoungsookimi Lim et al. 2012
†Hadrosauropodus langstoni Lockley et al. 2003
†Hadrosauropodus leonardii Lockley 1987
G. †Iguanodontipus Sarjeant et al. 1998
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†Iguanodontipus burreyi Sarjeant et al. 1998
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Invalid names: Therangospodus oncalensis Meyer 1998 [synonym]
Fm. †Moyenisauropodidae Ellenberger 1974
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G. †Anomoepus Hitchcock 1848
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†Anomoepus crassus Hitchcock 1889
†Anomoepus fringilla Ellenberger 1974
†Anomoepus giganteus Hitchcock and Grier 1927
†Anomoepus lacertoideus Hitchcock 1858
†Anomoepus major Hitchcock 1858
†Anomoepus minutus Ellenberger 1974
†Anomoepus moabensis Lockley et al. 1992
†Anomoepus moghrebensis Biron and Dutuit 1981
†Anomoepus palmipes Ellenberger 1970
†Anomoepus pienkovskii Gierlinski 1991
†Anomoepus ranivorus Ellenberger 1970
†Anomoepus scambus Hitchcock 1848
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Invalid names: Anomoepus cuneatus Hitchcock 1889 [synonym], Anomoepus curvatus Hitchcock 1862 [synonym], Anomoepus intermedius Hitchcock 1862 [synonym], Anomoepus isodactylus Hitchcock 1889 [synonym], Anomoepus minimus Hitchcock 1862 [synonym], Anomoepus minor Hitchcock 1858 [synonym], Apatichnus circumagens Hitchcock 1858 [synonym], Eubrontes gracillimus Hitchcock 1844 [synonym], Moyenisauropus dodai Ellenberger 1974 [synonym], Moyenisauropus levicauda Ellenberger 1974 [synonym], Moyenisauropus longicauda Ellenberger 1972 [synonym], Moyenisauropus minor Ellenberger 1970 [synonym], Moyenisauropus natatilis Ellenberger 1974 [synonym], Moyenisauropus natator Ellenberger 1970 [synonym], Moyenisauropus vermivorus Ellenberger 1970 [synonym], Plesiornis quadrupes Hitchcock 1858 [synonym]
†Anomoepus shingi Welles 1971
†Anomoepus turda Ellenberger 1972
Invalid names: Hopiichnus Welles 1971 [synonym], Moyenisauropus Ellenberger 1970 [synonym], Shensipus Young 1966 [synonym]
G. †Nanosaurus Marsh 1877
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†Nanosaurus agilis Marsh 1877
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Invalid names: Drinker nisti Bakker et al. 1990 [synonym], Nanosaurus rex Marsh 1877 [synonym], Othnielosaurus consors Marsh 1894 [synonym]
Invalid names: Drinker Bakker et al. 1990 [synonym], Othnielosaurus Galton 2007 [synonym]
G. †Ningxiapus Zong et al. 2013
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†Ningxiapus liupanshanensis Zong et al. 2013
G. †Ponerosteus Olshevsky 2000
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Invalid names: Procerosaurus Fritsch 1905 [replaced]
G. †Psilotrisauropus Ellenberger 1972
G. †Qantassaurus Rich and Vickers-Rich 1999
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†Qantassaurus intrepidus Rich and Vickers-Rich 1999
Fm. †Tetrapodosauridae Sternberg 1932
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G. †Tetrapodosaurus Sternberg 1932
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†Tetrapodosaurus borealis Sternberg 1932
G. †Unespichnium Bertini and Carvalho 2003
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†Unespichnium ornithopodianus Bertini and Carvalho 2003
G. †Walmadanyichnus Salisbury et al. 2016
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†Walmadanyichnus hunteri Salisbury et al. 2016
G. †Weewarrasaurus Bell et al. 2018
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†Weewarrasaurus pobeni Bell et al. 2018
G. †Wintonopus Thulborn and Wade 1984
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†Wintonopus latomorum Thulborn and Wade 1984
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Invalid names: Skartopus australis Thulborn and Wade 1984 [synonym]
†Wintonopus middletonae Salisbury et al. 2016
Invalid names: Skartopus Thulborn and Wade 1984 [synonym]
Invalid names: Bonaparteichnium Calvo 1991 [nomen dubium], Brachypoda Thulborn 1974 [empty], Camptosaurichnus Casamiquela and Fasola 1968 [nomen dubium], Camptosauropus Gabuniya and Kurbatov 1988 [nomen dubium], Dolichopoda Thulborn 1974 [empty], Gilmoreosaurus arkhangelskyi Nessov 1995 [nomen dubium], Goseongosauripus Kim 1986 [nomen dubium], Jiayinosauropus Dong et al. 2003 [nomen dubium], Kalodontoidea Huene 1948 [empty], Laosaurus Marsh 1878 [nomen dubium], Laosaurus celer Marsh 1878 [nomen dubium], Laosaurus minimus Gilmore 1924 [nomen dubium], Ornithopodoidea Nopcsa 1929 [synonym], Ornithopoidea Nopcsa 1929 [empty], Othnielia Galton 1977 [nomen dubium], Phyllodon Thulborn 1975 [nomen dubium], Siluosaurus Dong 1997 [nomen dubium], Taponichnus Alonso and Marquillas 1986 [nomen dubium], Telosichnus Alonso and Marquillas 1986 [nomen dubium], Trachodontoidea Huene 1948 [empty]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
L. Dollo 1882Hoofed, digitigrade pes; five functional digits in the manus, and three to four in the pes. Pubis projected freely forwards; postpubis present. Solid vertebrae. Forelimbs reduced; limb bones hollow. Edentulous premaxillae, at least distally.
K. A. v. Zittel 1890Halswirbel, zuweilen auch Rückenwirbel opisthocöl. Extremitätenknochen hohl. Vorderbeine viel kürzer als Hinter
beine. Füsse digitigrad, die Zehen mit spitzen Krallen. Postpubislang, schlank, dem Ischium parallel. Hautskeletfehlt.
H. Gadow 1898Fore-limbs much shorter than hind-limbs, but stout and with five fingers. Hind-limbs elongated, digitigrade.
H. Gadow 1901The hind-limbs are distinctly digitigrade, usually with only three functional toes, protected by claws. The long bones are hollow. Femur with a long fourth trochanter. Without dermal armour-plates.
R. S. Lull 1924Bipedal, unarmored dinosaurs, with small head borne at right angles to neck; prernaxilla as a rule toothless, the leaf-shaped maxillary and mandibular teeth having midrib-like keel and sharp, generally serrated, cutting border; dorsal vertebra: opisthoccelous : fore limbs much shorter than hind; feet digitigrade, with depressed claw or hoof-like unguals; pelvis with long, slender postpubis : dermal skeleton as a rule absent.
E. Perrier 1928Pattes postérieures puissantes, digitigrades, ordinairement tridactyles ; fémur avec un long trochanter; os longs creux; pouvaient se tenir sur les membres postérieurs; pas d'armature osseuse dorsale.
F. v. Huene 1948Bipedal; without dermal armour; enamel on one side of teeth, only one dental row in use.