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Homalocephalidae (disused)
Taxonomy
Homalocephaleridae was named by Dong (1978). Its type is Homalocephale.
It was misspelled as Homalocephalosauridae by Antunes and Sigogneau-Russell (1991); it was corrected as Homalocephalidae by Perle et al. (1982), Zhao (1983), Sues and Galton (1987), Carroll (1988), Maryanska (1990), Dong (1992), Olshevsky and Ford (1994) and Sues (1997).
It was assigned to Pachycephalosauria by Dong (1978); to Pachycephalosauroidea by Zhao (1983); to Pachycephalosauria by Perle et al. (1982), Sues and Galton (1987), Carroll (1988), Maryanska (1990), Antunes and Sigogneau-Russell (1991) and Dong (1992); and to Pachycephalosauria by Olshevsky and Ford (1994) and Sues (1997).
It was misspelled as Homalocephalosauridae by Antunes and Sigogneau-Russell (1991); it was corrected as Homalocephalidae by Perle et al. (1982), Zhao (1983), Sues and Galton (1987), Carroll (1988), Maryanska (1990), Dong (1992), Olshevsky and Ford (1994) and Sues (1997).
It was assigned to Pachycephalosauria by Dong (1978); to Pachycephalosauroidea by Zhao (1983); to Pachycephalosauria by Perle et al. (1982), Sues and Galton (1987), Carroll (1988), Maryanska (1990), Antunes and Sigogneau-Russell (1991) and Dong (1992); and to Pachycephalosauria by Olshevsky and Ford (1994) and Sues (1997).
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1978 | Homalocephaleridae Dong |
1982 | Homalocephalidae Perle et al. p. 116 |
1983 | Homalocephalidae Zhao p. 301 |
1987 | Homalocephalidae Sues and Galton |
1988 | Homalocephalidae Carroll |
1990 | Homalocephalidae Maryanska p. 566 |
1991 | Homalocephalosauridae Antunes and Sigogneau-Russell p. 116 |
1992 | Homalocephalidae Dong p. 166 |
1994 | Homalocephalidae Olshevsky and Ford p. 91 |
1997 | Homalocephalidae Sues p. 512 |
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Fm. †Homalocephalidae Dong 1978
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available