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Nanosaurus
Taxonomy
Nanosaurus was named by Marsh (1877). It is the type genus of Nanosauridae.
It was considered a nomen dubium by Sues and Norman (1990); it was considered a nomen dubium by Norman et al. (2004).
It was assigned to Dinosauria by Marsh (1877); to Ornithoscelida by Williston (1878); to Ornithopoda by Quenstedt (1882); to Camptonotidae by Marsh (1881), Sauvage (1882), Marsh (1882) and Marsh (1884); to Iguanodontidae by Dollo (1882) and Dollo (1884); to Camptosauridae by Marsh (1885); to Nanosauridae by Nopcsa (1901); to Kalodontidae by Nopcsa (1902); to Ornithopoda by Marsh (1894), Huene and Lull (1908) and Huene (1908); to Hypsilophontidae by von Zittel (1911); to Orthopoda by Joleaud (1922); to Laosauridae by Huene (1914) and Osborn (1923); to Nannosaurinae by Nopcsa (1928); to Nanosaurinae by Kuhn (1966); to Fabrosauridae by Galton (1977), Galton (1978), Milner and Norman (1984) and Norman (1984); to Nanosauridae by Marsh (1878), Zittel (1890), Marsh (1895), Marsh (1896), Van Den Broeck (1900), Hay (1902), Huene (1909), Hay (1930) and Cooper (1985); to Hypsilophodontidae by Lull (1924), Romer (1956), Kuhn (1964), Romer (1966), Charig (1967), Thulborn (1971), Galton (1972), Thulborn (1974), Thulborn (1975), Madsen and Miller (1979), Weishampel and Weishampel (1983), Galton (1983), Russell (1984) and Carroll (1988); to Ornithischia by Huene (1914), Santa Luca (1984) and Sereno (1991); to Euornithopoda by Galton (2007); to Neornithischia by Carpenter and Galton (2018) and Herne et al. (2019); and to Ornithopoda by Dieudonné et al. (2020).
It was considered a nomen dubium by Sues and Norman (1990); it was considered a nomen dubium by Norman et al. (2004).
It was assigned to Dinosauria by Marsh (1877); to Ornithoscelida by Williston (1878); to Ornithopoda by Quenstedt (1882); to Camptonotidae by Marsh (1881), Sauvage (1882), Marsh (1882) and Marsh (1884); to Iguanodontidae by Dollo (1882) and Dollo (1884); to Camptosauridae by Marsh (1885); to Nanosauridae by Nopcsa (1901); to Kalodontidae by Nopcsa (1902); to Ornithopoda by Marsh (1894), Huene and Lull (1908) and Huene (1908); to Hypsilophontidae by von Zittel (1911); to Orthopoda by Joleaud (1922); to Laosauridae by Huene (1914) and Osborn (1923); to Nannosaurinae by Nopcsa (1928); to Nanosaurinae by Kuhn (1966); to Fabrosauridae by Galton (1977), Galton (1978), Milner and Norman (1984) and Norman (1984); to Nanosauridae by Marsh (1878), Zittel (1890), Marsh (1895), Marsh (1896), Van Den Broeck (1900), Hay (1902), Huene (1909), Hay (1930) and Cooper (1985); to Hypsilophodontidae by Lull (1924), Romer (1956), Kuhn (1964), Romer (1966), Charig (1967), Thulborn (1971), Galton (1972), Thulborn (1974), Thulborn (1975), Madsen and Miller (1979), Weishampel and Weishampel (1983), Galton (1983), Russell (1984) and Carroll (1988); to Ornithischia by Huene (1914), Santa Luca (1984) and Sereno (1991); to Euornithopoda by Galton (2007); to Neornithischia by Carpenter and Galton (2018) and Herne et al. (2019); and to Ornithopoda by Dieudonné et al. (2020).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1877 | Nanosaurus Marsh |
1878 | Nanosaurus Marsh p. 244 |
1878 | Nanosaurus Williston p. 45 |
1881 | Nanosaurus Marsh |
1882 | Nanosaurus Dollo |
1882 | Nanosaurus Marsh |
1882 | Nanosaurus Quenstedt p. 188 |
1882 | Nanosaurus Sauvage p. 35 |
1884 | Nanosaurus Dollo p. 298 |
1884 | Nanosaurus Marsh p. 68 |
1885 | Nanosaurus Marsh p. 764 |
1890 | Nanosaurus Zittel p. 766 |
1894 | Nanosaurus Marsh |
1895 | Nanosaurus Marsh |
1896 | Nanosaurus Marsh p. 244 |
1900 | Nanosaurus Van Den Broeck p. 87 |
1901 | Nanosaurus Nopcsa p. 209 |
1902 | Nanosaurus Hay p. 505 |
1902 | Nanosaurus Nopcsa p. 152 |
1908 | Nanosaurus Huene p. 307 |
1908 | Nanosaurus Huene and Lull p. 143 |
1909 | Nanosaurus Huene p. 16 |
1911 | Nanosaurus von Zittel p. 289 |
1914 | Nanosaurus Huene p. 16 |
1922 | Nannosaurus Joleaud p. 62 |
1923 | Nanosaurus Osborn |
1924 | Nanosaurus Lull p. 238 |
1928 | Nannosaurus Nopcsa p. 184 |
1930 | Nanosaurus Hay p. 203 |
1956 | Nanosaurus Romer p. 628 |
1964 | Nanosaurus Kuhn p. 7 |
1966 | Nanosaurus Kuhn p. 102 |
1966 | Nannosaurus Romer p. 370 |
1967 | Nanosaurus Charig p. 716 |
1971 | Nanosaurus Thulborn p. 77 |
1972 | Nanosaurus Galton p. 465 |
1974 | Nanosaurus Thulborn p. 171 |
1975 | Nanosaurus Thulborn p. 123 |
1977 | Nanosaurus Galton p. 230 |
1978 | Nanosaurus Galton p. 156 |
1979 | Nanosaurus Madsen and Miller p. 5 |
1983 | Nanosaurus Galton p. 232 |
1983 | Nanosaurus Weishampel and Weishampel p. 44 |
1984 | Nanosaurus Milner and Norman p. 146 |
1984 | Nanosaurus Norman pp. 342-344 fig. 7 |
1984 | Nanosaurus Russell p. 23 |
1984 | Nanosaurus Santa Luca p. 174 |
1985 | Nanosaurus Cooper p. 285 |
1988 | Nanosaurus Carroll |
1990 | Drinker Bakker et al. p. 9 |
1991 | Nanosaurus Sereno p. 174 |
1997 | Drinker Sues p. 357 |
2004 | Drinker Norman et al. p. 394 |
2006 | Drinker Chure et al. p. 237 |
2007 | Othnielosaurus Butler et al. p. 2044 |
2007 | Othnielosaurus Galton p. 28 |
2007 | Drinker Galton p. 34 |
2007 | Nanosaurus Galton p. 34 |
2009 | Othnielosaurus Galton p. 214 |
2012 | Othnielosaurus Han et al. p. 1391 fig. 14 |
2018 | Nanosaurus Carpenter and Galton p. 270 |
2018 | Othnielosaurus Madzia et al. p. 973 fig. 4 |
2019 | Nanosaurus Herne et al. p. 573 |
2020 | Nanosaurus Dieudonné et al. |
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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.
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], Othnielia rex Marsh 1877 [synonym], Othnielosaurus consors Marsh 1894 [synonym]
Invalid names: Drinker Bakker et al. 1990 [synonym], Othnielosaurus Galton 2007 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available