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Struthiosaurinae
Taxonomy
Struthiosaurinae was named by Nopcsa (1923).
It was synonymized subjectively with Acanthopholididae by Kuhn (1966).
It was assigned to Acanthopholidae by Nopcsa (1923) and Huene (1927); and to Nodosauridae by Ford (2000) and Kirkland et al. (2013).
It was synonymized subjectively with Acanthopholididae by Kuhn (1966).
It was assigned to Acanthopholidae by Nopcsa (1923) and Huene (1927); and to Nodosauridae by Ford (2000) and Kirkland et al. (2013).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1923 | Struthiosaurinae Nopcsa p. 126 |
1927 | Struthiosaurinae Huene p. 268 |
2000 | Struthiosaurinae Ford p. 175 |
2013 | Struthiosaurinae Kirkland et al. p. 7 |
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Subfm. †Struthiosaurinae Nopcsa 1923
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Diagnosis
Reference | Diagnosis | |
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J. I. Kirkland et al. 2013 | Nodosaurid ankylosaurs that share a combination of characters including: narrow predentaries; a nearly horizontal, unfused quadrates that are oriented less than 30u from the skull roof, and condyles that are 3 times transversely wider than long; premaxillary teeth and dentary teeth that are near the predentary symphysis; dorsally arched sacra; an acromion process dorsal to midpoint of the scapula-coracoid suture; straight ischia, with a straight dorsal margin; relatively long slender limbs; a sacral shield of armor; and erect sacral armor with flat bases. Struthiosaurinae is defined as the most inclusive clade containing Europelta but not Cedarpelta, Peloroplites, Sauropelta or Edmontonia. |