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Stegosauroidae (disused)

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Stegosauroidea was named by Hay (1902). Its type is Stegosaurus.

It was corrected as Stegosauroidae by Hay (1930).

It was assigned to Orthopoda by Hay (1902); to Orthopoda by Hay (1930); to Armatosauria by Zhao (1983); to Thyreophora by Norman (1984); and to Stegosauromorpha by Cooper (1985).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1902Stegosauroidea Hay p. 495
1930Stegosauroidae Hay p. 231
1983Stegosauroidea Zhao p. 301
1984Stegosauroidea Norman pp. 159-160 fig. 2
1985Stegosauroidea Cooper p. 289

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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()
superfamilyStegosauroidae()
superfamilyStegosauroidae()

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.

Superfm. †Stegosauroidae Hay 1902
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: herbivoreo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2004-12-14 12:50:52
Modified: 2004-12-14 14:50:52
Source: o = order
Reference: Marsh 1875
Collections
No collection or age range data are available