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Dinosauria Cladogram
Clades & Synapomorphies
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Geology
Undergraduate 1
11/06/2012

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Term
Dinosauria
Definition
1. In-turned femoral head
2. Opposable thumb
3. Perforate Acetabulum
Term
Herrerasaurus
Definition
Dinosauria
Term
Ornithischia
Definition
1. Characteristic Pelvis with back-turned pubis
2. Predentary bone in lower jaw
3. Blunt teeth
4. Ossified tendons along part of vertebral column
Term
Lesothosaurus
Definition
Lacks inset toothrows of genasaurian ornithischians
Term
Genasauria
Definition
Teeth inset from margin of jaws (muscular cheeks)
Term
Thyreophora
Definition
1. Armor made of bony scutes that cover back and/or flanks
2. Tibia shorter than femur
Term
Scelidosaurus
Definition
Thyreophora
Term
Eurypoda
Definition
The anterior portion of the ilium is much longer than the posterior portion
Term
Ankylosauria
Definition
Scutes form interlocking mosaic that covers most of body
Term
Euoplocephalus
Definition
Ankylosauria
Term
Stegosauria
Definition
Scutes enlarged to form two rows of large plates extending along vertebral column
Term
Kentrosaurs
Definition
Stegosauria
Term
Stegosaurus
Definition
Stegosauria
Term
Cerapoda
Definition
Asymmetrical distribution of tooth enamel
Term
Euornithopoda
Definition
The articulation of the skull and jaw is well below the level of the tooth row
Term
Heterodontosaurus
Definition
Euornithopoda
Term
Hypsilophodon
Definition
Euornithopoda
Term
Camptosaurus
Definition
Euornithopoda
Term
Edmontosaurus
Definition
Euornithopoda
Term
Parasaurolophus
Definition
Euornithopoda
Term
Marginocephalia
Definition
Expanded shelf at back of skull
Term
Pachycephalosauria
Definition
1. Skull roof greatly thickened to form solid "dome" that is usually surrounded by various bumps and tubercles
2. Occipital plate rotated beneath skull
Term
Stegoceras
Definition
Pachycephalosauria
Term
Pachycephalosaurus
Definition
Stegoceras
Term
Homalocephale
Definition
Pachycephalosauria
Term
Ceratopsia
Definition
Rostral bone present on upper jaw to form sharp beak
Term
Psittacosaurus
Definition
Ceratopsia
Term
Protoceratops
Definition
Ceratopsia
Term
Chasmosaurus
Definition
Ceratopsia
Term
Triceratops
Definition
Ceratopsia
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