Dryosauridae Temporal range:
Middle Jurassic –
Early Cretaceous,
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Dysalotosaurus skeletal mount in Berlin | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | † Ornithischia |
Clade: | † Neornithischia |
Clade: | † Ornithopoda |
Clade: | † Iguanodontia |
Clade: | † Dryomorpha |
Superfamily: | †
Dryosauroidea Milner & Norman, 1984 |
Family: | †
Dryosauridae Milner & Norman, 1984 |
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Dryosauridae was a family of primitive iguanodonts, first proposed by Milner & Norman in 1984. They are known from Middle Jurassic to Early Cretaceous rocks of Africa, Europe, and North America. [1] [2] [3] [4]
Until recently, many dryosaurids have been regarded as dubious ( Callovosaurus and Kangnasaurus) or as species of the type member, Dryosaurus ( Dysalotosaurus, Elrhazosaurus and Valdosaurus). However, more recent studies redescribe these genera as valid. [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] Under the Phylocode, Madzia et al. (2021) formally defined Dryosauridae as "the largest clade containing Dryosaurus altus but not Iguanodon bernissartensis." [8] The cladogram below follows their chosen reference phylogeny, taken from the description of Orthomerus dolloi. [9]
Dryosauridae Temporal range:
Middle Jurassic –
Early Cretaceous,
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Dysalotosaurus skeletal mount in Berlin | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | † Ornithischia |
Clade: | † Neornithischia |
Clade: | † Ornithopoda |
Clade: | † Iguanodontia |
Clade: | † Dryomorpha |
Superfamily: | †
Dryosauroidea Milner & Norman, 1984 |
Family: | †
Dryosauridae Milner & Norman, 1984 |
Subgroups | |
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Dryosauridae was a family of primitive iguanodonts, first proposed by Milner & Norman in 1984. They are known from Middle Jurassic to Early Cretaceous rocks of Africa, Europe, and North America. [1] [2] [3] [4]
Until recently, many dryosaurids have been regarded as dubious ( Callovosaurus and Kangnasaurus) or as species of the type member, Dryosaurus ( Dysalotosaurus, Elrhazosaurus and Valdosaurus). However, more recent studies redescribe these genera as valid. [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] Under the Phylocode, Madzia et al. (2021) formally defined Dryosauridae as "the largest clade containing Dryosaurus altus but not Iguanodon bernissartensis." [8] The cladogram below follows their chosen reference phylogeny, taken from the description of Orthomerus dolloi. [9]