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Pachyrhinosauridae (disused)

Reptilia - Pachyrhinosauridae

Taxonomy
Pachyrhinosauridae was named by Sternberg (1950).

It was synonymized subjectively with Ceratopsidae by Langston (1967).

It was assigned to Ceratopsia by Sternberg (1950), Romer (1956), Parsch (1963), Tatarinov (1964), Kuhn (1964), Kuhn (1966), Romer (1966) and Charig (1967).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1950Pachyrhinosauridae Sternberg p. 109
1956Pachyrhinosauridae Romer p. 639
1963Pachyrhinosauridae Parsch p. 4
1964Pachyrhinosauridae Kuhn p. 60
1964Pachyrhinosauridae Tatarinov p. 588
1966Pachyrhinosauridae Kuhn p. 106
1966Pachyrhinosauridae Romer p. 371
1967Pachyrhinosauridae Charig p. 717

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
RankNameAuthor
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Ornithischia()
Genasauria
Cerapoda
Marginocephalia
Ceratopsia()
familyPachyrhinosauridae
familyPachyrhinosauridae

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. †Pachyrhinosauridae Sternberg 1950
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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: gregariouso
Environment: terrestrialsubo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingsubo
Diet: herbivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2005-09-15 11:08:09
Modified: 2005-09-15 13:08:09
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
References: Marsh 1875, Norman and Weishampel 1991
Collections
No collection or age range data are available