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Predentata (disused)

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Predentata was named by Marsh (1894).

It was synonymized subjectively with Ornithopoda by Woodward (1898); it was synonymized subjectively with Orthopoda by Hay (1902), Lull (1904), Lambe (1911), Lull (1912); it was synonymized subjectively with Orthopoda by Osborn (1904), Hay (1930); it was synonymized subjectively with Postpubici by Jaekel (1910); it was reranked as the suborder Predentata by Janensch (1914), McKelvey (1920); it was synonymized subjectively with Ornithischia by Matthew (1915), Lull (1921), Lull (1924), Roxo (1937), Kuhn (1964), Kuhn (1966); it was synonymized subjectively with Ornithischia by Parks (1935); it was reranked as the superorder Predentata by Bakker (1986); it was reranked as the unranked clade Predentata by Buchholz (2002).

It was assigned to Dinosauria by Hennig (1915); to Dinosauria by Marsh (1894), Marsh (1895), Marsh (1896), Hatcher (1901), Hatcher et al. (1907), von Zittel (1911), Tornier (1913), Broom (1913), Janensch (1914), Gilmore (1916), McKelvey (1920); to Phytodinosauria by Bakker (1986); and to Ornithischia by Buchholz (2002).

Subtaxa
Orbitoscuta

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1894Predentata Marsh
1895Predentata Marsh
1896Predentata Marsh p. 242
1901Predentata Hatcher p. 129
1907Predentata Hatcher et al. p. 10
1911Predentata von Zittel p. 288
1913Predentata Broom p. 364
1913Praedentata Tornier p. 370
1914Predentata Janensch p. 83
1915Praedentata Hennig p. 10
1916Predentata Gilmore p. 281
1920Predentata McKelvey p. 6
1986Predentata Bakker p. 472
2002Predentata Buchholz p. 20

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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
RankNameAuthor
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Ornithischia()
—Predentata(Marsh 1894)
—Predentata(Marsh 1894)

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. †Predentata Marsh 1894
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Invalid names: Orbitoscuta Bakker 1986 [empty]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
P. W. Buchholz 2002This clade is the least inclusive clade where the predentary bone of the mandible can be clearly demonstrated to be present.