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Segisauridae (disused)

Reptilia - Segisauridae

Taxonomy

Segisauridae was named by Camp (1936). Its type is Segisaurus.

It was assigned to Carnosauria by Kuhn (1939); to Carnosauria by Kuhn (1946); to Coelurosauria by Parsch (1963); to Coeluria by Kuhn (1966); to Coeluroidea by Tatarinov (1964) and Maleev (1968); to Coelurosauria by Romer (1966), Charig (1967), Reig (1970) and Bonaparte (1978); to Saurischia by Madsen and Miller (1979); to Theropoda by Barsbold (1983); to Coelurosauria by Huene (1948), Romer (1956), Colbert (1964), Colbert and Russell (1969), Steel (1970), Ostrom (1980), Santafé et al. (1982) and Russell (1984); and to Theropoda by Paul (1988).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1936	Segisauridae Camp
1939	Segisauridae Kuhn p. 73
1946	Segisauridae Kuhn p. 65
1948	Segisauridae Huene p. 88
1956	Segisauridae Romer p. 611
1963	Segisauridae Parsch p. 4
1964	Segisauridae Colbert p. 21 fig. 6
1964	Segisauridae Tatarinov p. 530
1966	Segisauridae Kuhn p. 92
1966	Segisauridae Romer p. 369
1967	Segisauridae Charig p. 713
1968	Segisauridae Maleev p. 95
1969	Segisauridae Colbert and Russell p. 45
1970	Segiosauridae Reig p. 279
1970	Segisauridae Steel p. 12
1978	Segisauridae Bonaparte p. 321
1979	Segisauridae Madsen and Miller p. 5
1980	Segisauridae Ostrom p. 22
1982	Segisauridae Santafé et al. p. 82
1983	Segisauridae Barsbold p. 60
1984	Segisauridae Russell p. 28
1988	Segisauridae Paul p. 295

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
—	Sauropsida

Rank	Name	Author
class	Reptilia
subclass	Eureptilia	()
—	Romeriida
—	Diapsida	()
—	Archosauromorpha	(Huene 1946)
—	Crocopoda
—	Archosauriformes	Gauthier 1986
—	Eucrocopoda
—	Archosauria	()
informal	Avemetatarsalia
—	Ornithodira
—	Dinosauromorpha
—	Dinosauriformes
—	Dinosauria	()
—	Theropoda	()
family	Segisauridae
family	Segisauridae

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.

Fm. †Segisauridae Camp 1936

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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:

solitaryo

Environment:

terrestrialo

Locomotion:

actively mobileo

Life habit:

ground dwellingo

Diet:

carnivoreo

Reproduction:

oviparouso

Dispersal:

direct/internalo

Dispersal 2:

mobileo

Created:

2004-12-14 12:50:08

Modified:

2004-12-14 14:50:08

Source: o = order

Reference: Marsh 1875

Collections

No collection or age range data are available