Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Predentata (disused)

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Predentata was named by Marsh (1894).

It was synonymized subjectively with Ornithopoda by Woodward (1898); it was synonymized subjectively with Orthopoda by Hay (1902), Lull (1904), Lambe (1911) and Lull (1912); it was synonymized subjectively with Orthopoda by Osborn (1904) and Hay (1930); it was synonymized subjectively with Postpubici by Jaekel (1910); it was reranked as the suborder Predentata by Janensch (1914) and McKelvey (1920); it was synonymized subjectively with Ornithischia by Matthew (1915), Lull (1921), Lull (1924), Roxo (1937), Kuhn (1964) and Kuhn (1966); it was synonymized subjectively with Ornithischia by Parks (1935); it was reranked as the superorder Predentata by Bakker (1986); it was reranked as the unranked clade Predentata by Buchholz (2002).

It was assigned to Dinosauria by Hennig (1915); to Dinosauria by Marsh (1894), Marsh (1895), Marsh (1896), Hatcher (1901), Hatcher et al. (1907), von Zittel (1911), Tornier (1913), Broom (1913), Janensch (1914), Gilmore (1916) and McKelvey (1920); to Phytodinosauria by Bakker (1986); and to Ornithischia by Buchholz (2002).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1894Predentata Marsh
1895Predentata Marsh
1896Predentata Marsh p. 242
1901Predentata Hatcher p. 129
1907Predentata Hatcher et al. p. 10
1911Predentata von Zittel p. 288
1913Predentata Broom p. 364
1913Praedentata Tornier p. 370
1914Predentata Janensch p. 83
1915Praedentata Hennig p. 10
1916Predentata Gilmore p. 281
1920Predentata McKelvey p. 6
1986Predentata Bakker p. 472
2002Predentata Buchholz p. 20

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

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()
Predentata(Marsh 1894)
Predentata(Marsh 1894)

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.

Unr. †Predentata Marsh 1894
show all | hide all
Invalid names: Orbitoscuta Bakker 1986 [empty]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
P. W. Buchholz 2002This clade is the least inclusive clade where the predentary bone of the mandible can be clearly demonstrated to be present.
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