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Iguanodontidae (iguanodontid)

Reptilia - Iguanodontidae

Taxonomy
Iguanodontidae was named by Bonaparte (1850).

It was reranked as the subfamily Iguanodontidae by Nopcsa (1901); it was synonymized subjectively with Kalodontidae by Huene (1934), Huene (1934).

It was assigned to Dinosaurii by Bonaparte (1850); to Sauria by Gervais (1853); to Dinosauria by Huxley (1870); to Ornithopoda by Zittel (1890); to Orthopoda by Cope (1869), Cope (1870), Cope (1871), Cope (1875), Cope (1883), Cope (1889), Cope (1891), Cope (1898); to Ornithopoda by Van Den Broeck (1900); to Kalodontidae by Nopcsa (1901); to Postpubici by Jaekel (1911); to Ornithopodidae by von Zittel (1911); to Praedentata by Tornier (1913); to Phytophagi by Jaekel (1914); to Iguanodontoidae by Hay (1930); to Brachypoda by Thulborn (1974), Thulborn (1975), Thulborn (1977); to Ornitophoda by Bonaparte (1978); to Ornithischia by Madsen and Miller (1979); to Dryosauroidea by Norman (1984); to Ornithopoda by Dollo (1882), Bakker (1986); to Ornithopoda by Sauvage (1882), Marsh (1882), Dollo (1884), Marsh (1884), Marsh (1885), Lydekker (1888), Dollo (1889), Sauvage (1895), Marsh (1895), Marsh (1896), Sauvage (1898), Sauvage (1900), Mansel-Pleydell (1902), Arldt (1909), Huene (1909), Huene (1914), Matthew (1915), Lull (1924), Swinton (1936), Roxo (1937), Kuhn (1946), Lapparent (1947), Romer (1956), Huene (1959), Delair (1960), Lapparent (1960), Parsch (1963), Tatarinov (1964), Kuhn (1964), Kuhn (1966), Romer (1966), Charig (1967), Swinton (1970), Thulborn (1970), Haubold (1971), Galton (1974), Galton (1974), Galton (1976), Rozhdestvensky (1977), Galton (1977), Benton (1979), Norman (1980), Bonaparte (1980), Ostrom (1980), McIntosh (1981), Santafé et al. (1982), Weishampel and Weishampel (1983), Dong et al. (1983), Buscalioni and Sanz (1984), Milner and Norman (1984), Buscalioni and Sanz (1987), Carroll (1988), Weishampel and Bjork (1989); to Styracosterna by Benton (1990); to Ornithopoda by Molnar (1992); to Ankylopollexia by Norman and Weishampel (1990), Godefroit et al. (1998); to Euornithopoda by Norman (1998); to Hadrosauriformes by Sereno (1997), Sereno (1998), Sereno (1999); to Iguanodontia by Baur (1891), Osborn (1923), Russell (1984), Norman (1989), Kobayashi and Azuma (2003), You et al. (2003), Ruiz-Omeñaca et al. (2007); to Iguanodontia by Norman and Sues (2000), Sánchez-Hernández et al. (2007); to Iguanodontoidea by Hay (1902), Cooper (1985), Wang et al. (2011); and to Neoiguanodontia by Norman (2014).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1842Cetiosaurus brachyurus Owen p. 100
1850Iguanodontidae Bonaparte p. 1
1853Iguanodontidae Gervais p. 471
1853Cetiosaurus brachyurus Pictet p. 494
1867Cetiosaurus brachyurus Quenstedt p. 145
1869Iguanodontidae Cope p. 91
1870Iguanodontidae Cope p. 91
1870Iguanodontidae Huxley pp. 34-35
1871Iguanodontidae Cope p. 234
1874Cetiosaurus brachyurus Sauvage p. 19
1875Iguanodontidae Cope p. 14
1882Iguanodontidae Dollo
1882Iguanodontidae Marsh
1882Iguanodontidae Sauvage p. 35
1883Iguanodontidae Cope p. 98–99
1884Iguanodontidae Dollo p. 298
1884Iguanodontidae Marsh p. 68
1885Iguanodontidae Marsh p. 764
1888Iguanodontidae Lydekker p. 191
1889Iguanodontidae Cope p. 16
1889Iguanodontidae Dollo p. 679
1890Cetiosaurus brachyurus Woodward and Sherborn p. 214
1890Iguanodontidae Zittel p. 757
1891Iguanodontidae Baur p. 450
1891Iguanodontidae Cope p. 43
1895Iguanodontidae Marsh
1895Iguanodontidae Sauvage p. 470
1895Ornithopodidae Zittel
1896Iguanodontidae Marsh p. 244
1898Iguanodontidae Cope p. 70
1898Iguanodontidae Sauvage p. 9
1900Iguanodontidae Sauvage p. 417
1900Cetiosaurus brachyurus Van Den Broeck p. 83
1900Iguanodontidae Van Den Broeck p. 85
1901Iguanodontidae Nopcsa p. 208
1901Ornithopodidae Nopcsa p. 208
1902Iguanodontidae Hay p. 502
1902Iguanodontidae Mansel-Pleydell p. lxxv
1909Iguanodontidae Arldt p. 263
1909Iguanodontidae Huene p. 16
1911Iguanodontidae Jaekel p. 159
1911Iguanodontidae von Zittel p. 289
1911Ornithopodidae von Zittel p. 289
1913Iguanodontidae Tornier p. 371
1914Iguanodontidae Huene p. 41
1914Iguanodontidae Jaekel p. 197
1914Ornithopodidae Janensch p. 83
1915Iguanodontidae Matthew p. 32
1923Iguanodontidae Osborn
1924Iguanodontidae Lull p. 239
1930Iguanodontidae Hay p. 219
1936Iguanodontidae Swinton p. 214
1937Iguanodontidae Roxo p. 65
1939Cetiosaurus brachyurus Kuhn p. 84
1946Iguanodontidae Kuhn p. 66
1947Iguanodontidae Lapparent p. 18
1956Iguanodontidae Romer p. 628
1959Iguanodontidae Huene p. 122
1960Iguanodontidae Delair p. 84
1960Iguanodontidae Lapparent p. 42
1963Iguanodontidae Parsch p. 4
1964Iguanodontidae Kuhn p. 8
1964Iguanodontidae Tatarinov p. 557
1966Iguanodontidae Kuhn p. 102
1966Iguanodontidae Romer p. 370
1967Iguanodontidae Charig p. 716
1970Iguanodontidae Swinton p. 200
1970Iguanodontidae Thulborn p. 428 fig. 9
1971Iguanodontidae Haubold p. 86
1974Iguanodontidae Galton pp. 150-152
1974Iguanodontidae Thulborn p. 172
1975Iguanodontidae Thulborn p. 134
1976Iguanodontidae Galton p. 976
1977Iguanodontidae Galton p. 230
1977Iguanodontidae Rozhdestvensky p. 113
1977Iguanodontidae Thulborn p. 726 fig. 1
1978Iguanodontidae Bonaparte p. 331
1979Iguanodontidae Benton p. 143
1979Iguanodontidae Madsen and Miller p. 5
1980Iguanodontidae Bonaparte p. 82
1980Iguanodontidae Norman p. 13
1980Iguanodontidae Ostrom p. 22
1981Iguanodontidae McIntosh p. 30
1982Iguanodontidae Santafé et al. p. 99
1983Iguanodontidae Dong et al.
1983Iguanodontidae Weishampel and Weishampel p. 44
1984Iguanodontidae Buscalioni and Sanz p. 14
1984Iguanodontidae Milner and Norman p. 146
1984Iguanodontidae Norman pp. 160-161 fig. 2
1984Iguanodontidae Russell p. 29
1985Iguanodontidae Cooper p. 286
1986Iguanodontidae Bakker p. 461
1987Iguanodontidae Buscalioni and Sanz p. 66
1988Iguanodontidae Carroll
1989Iguanodontidae Norman p. 61 fig. 1
1989Iguanodontidae Weishampel and Bjork p. 57
1990Iguanodontidae Benton p. 19
1990Iguanodontidae Norman and Weishampel p. 529 fig. 25.36
1992Cetiosaurus brachyurus Cheevely and Chapman p. 347
1992Iguanodontidae Molnar p. 265
1997Iguanodontidae Sereno p. 443
1998Iguanodontidae Godefroit et al. pp. 49-50 fig. 38
1998Iguanodontidae Norman p. 296
1998Iguanodontidae Sereno p. 62
1999Iguanodontidae Sereno p. 2138 fig. 2
2000Iguanodontidae Norman and Sues p. 463
2003Iguanodontidae Kobayashi and Azuma p. 172
2003Iguanodontidae You et al. p. 351 fig. 3
2007Iguanodontidae Ruiz-Omeñaca et al. p. 8
2007Iguanodontidae Sánchez-Hernández et al. p. 206
2011Iguanodontidae Wang et al. p. 155 fig. 11
2014Iguanodontidae Norman p. 37 fig. 2.30

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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
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
RankNameAuthor
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Ornithischia()
—Genasauria
—Cerapoda
—Ornithopoda()
—Clypeodonta
—Iguanodontia()
—Dryomorpha
—Ankylopollexia
—Neoiguanodontia
familyIguanodontidae
familyIguanodontidae

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.

Fm. †Iguanodontidae Bonaparte 1850 [iguanodontid]
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G. †Barilium Norman 2010
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†Barilium dawsoni Lydekker 1888
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Invalid names: Kukufeldia tilgatensis McDonald et al. 2010 [synonym], Sellacoxa pauli Carpenter and Ishida 2010 [synonym]
Invalid names: Kukufeldia McDonald et al. 2010 [synonym], Sellacoxa Carpenter and Ishida 2010 [synonym], Torilion Carpenter and Ishida 2010 [objective synonym]
G. †Bolong Wu et al. 2010
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†Bolong yixianensis Wu et al. 2010
G. †Jinzhousaurus Wang and Xu 2001
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†Jinzhousaurus yangi Wang and Xu 2001
G. †Proiguanodon Van Den Broeck 1900
Invalid names: Cetiosaurus brachyurus Owen 1842 [nomen dubium], Ornithopodidae Zittel 1895 [synonym]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
E. D. Cope 1869II. Teeth in a single row, cutting ; three digit bearing metatarsals.
T. H. Huxley 18701. The maxillary and mandibular teeth have obtuse subtriangular crowns; the surface of the enamel being ridged on one or both sides. The crowns of the teeth are worn down flat by mastication.
2. The anterior prolongation of the ilium is more slender than the posterior.
3. The rami of the mandible unite in an excavated edentulous symphysis, which receives an edentulous prolongation of the præmaxillæ.
4. The proximal end of the femur is as in the Scelidosauridæ.
5. There is no dermal armour.
L. Dollo 1882A single row of teeth. Three functional digits in the pes. Two symmetrical sternal plates.
K. A. v. Zittel 1890Zwischenkiefer zahnlos. Rückenwirbel platycöl. Postpubis unvollständig verknöchert, nicht bis zum Ende des Ischium reichend. Erste Zehe des Vorder/usses zu einem kräftigen Dorn umgestaltet, kürzer als fünfte Zehe. Hinterfuss dreizehig. Femur mit kammartig vorspringendem vierten Trochanter. Nur eine
funktionierev/le Reihe von Zähnen im Oberkiefer.
B. F. Nopcsa 1901Intermaxillare fogatlan. Mellsö csigolyák opistocoelek, összenött sacrumcsigolyák. Sternum csontosodott, pubes tökéletlen. Femur a tibiánál hosszabb. A kézen 5, a lábon 3 müködö újj van. Paták.

[Intermaxillary toothless. Trunk vertebrae opistocoelous, fused sacrum vertebrae. Sternum ossified, pubes imperfect. Femur longer than tibia. There are 5 working fingers on the hand and 3 on the foot. Hooves.]
B. F. Nopcsa 1901 (Ornithopodidae)Postorbitale hiányzik; alsó allkapocs koronanyujtvánnyal. Orrlyukak elöl fekszenek, nagyok, praeorbitalis nyilás kicsiny. Lábszárcsontok üresek vagy tömörek. Mellsö lábaik sokkal rövidebbek, mint a hátsók. Pubis hosszú, karcsú. (Zittel szerint, röviditve.)

[Postorbital is missing; lower jaw with coronoid extension. Nasal passages lie in front, large, preorbital opening small. Tibia hollow or solid. Their forelegs are much shorter than their hind legs. Pubis long, slender. (According to Zittel, abbreviated.)]
R. S. Lull 1924Toothless prcmaxilla ; anterior vertebrae opisthoccelous; sacrals coössified; postpubis very slender and shorter than ischium; sternum bony; femur longer than tibia; hand five-fingered, with spike-like pollex; foot four-toed, only ii, iii, and iv functional, as shown by associated footprints; Comanchian.