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Ceratopsinae (disused)

Reptilia - Ceratopsidae

Taxonomy
Ceratopsinae was named by Abel (1919). Its type is Ceratops. It was considered monophyletic by Sereno (2000).

It was corrected as Ceratopinae by Olshevsky and Ford (1994).

It was assigned to Ceratopidae by Olshevsky and Ford (1994); and to Ceratopsidae by Nopcsa (1923), Nopcsa (1928), Nopcsa (1929), Huene (1934), Huene (1934), Huene (1948), Huene (1950), Tatarinov (1964), Kuhn (1966), Sereno (1998), Sereno (1999), Sereno (2000).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1919Ceratopsinae Abel
1923Ceratopsinae Nopcsa p. 126
1928Ceratopsinae Nopcsa p. 185
1929Ceratopsinae Nopcsa p. 69ff
1934Ceratopsinae Huene p. 15
1948Ceratopsinae Huene p. 95
1950Ceratopsinae Huene p. 351
1964Ceratopsinae Tatarinov p. 585
1966Ceratopsinae Kuhn p. 106
1994Ceratopinae Olshevsky and Ford
1998Ceratopsinae Sereno p. 62
1999Ceratopsinae Sereno p. 2138 fig. 2
2000Ceratopsinae Sereno p. 482

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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()
RankNameAuthor
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Ornithischia()
—Genasauria
—Cerapoda
—Marginocephalia
—Ceratopsia()
familyCeratopsidae
subfamilyCeratopsinaeAbel 1919
subfamilyCeratopsinaeAbel 1919

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.

Subfm. †Ceratopsinae Abel 1919
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
B. F. Nopcsa 1928frontal horns larger than nasal horn
F. v. Huene 1948Prefrontal horns longer than nasal horn.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yeso
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: gregariouso
Environment: terrestrialsubo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingsubo
Diet: herbivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2005-09-15 11:08:09
Modified: 2005-09-15 13:08:09
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
References: Marsh 1875, Norman and Weishampel 1991
Collections
No collection or age range data are available