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Table

Taxon Described Literature Class
Coahuilaceratops
/ˌkəwləˈsɜːrətɒps/
Loewen et al., 2010 [1]
Comahuesaurus Carballido et al., 2012 [2]
Eocarcharia
/ˌkɑːrˈkɑːrə/
Sereno and Brusatte, 2008 [3]
Histriasaurus
/ˌhɪstrəˈsɔːrəs/
Dalla Vecchia, 1998 [4]
Itapeuasaurus Lindoso et al., 2019 [5]
Lavocatisaurus
/ˌlɒvˈkɒtiˌsɔːrəs/
Canudo et al., 2018 [6]
Lajasvenator
/ˌlɑːhɑːsˈvɪnɛtʌr/
Coria et al., 2020 [7]
Navajoceratops
/ˌnɑːvəhˈsɜːrətɒps/
Fowler & Freedman Fowler, 2020 [8]
Nopcsaspondylus
/ˌnɑːpʃkəˈspɑːndɪləs/
Apesteguia, 2007 [9]
Ojoceratops
/ˌhˈsɜːrətɒps/
Sullivan and Lucas, 2010 [10]
Rayososaurus
/rɛˌjsˈsɔːrəs/
Bonaparte, 1996 [11]
Tatankaceratops
/təˌtɒŋkəˈsɜːrətɒps/
Ott & Larson, 2010 [12]
Taurovenator
/ˌtʊrvɪˈnɛtʌr/
Motta et al., 2016 [13]
Ulughbegsaurus Tanaka et al., 2021 [14]
Vagaceratops
/væɡəˈsɜːrətɒps/
Sampson et al., 2010
Zapalasaurus
/zəˌpæləˈsɔːrəs/
Salgado et al., 2006 [15]

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Type Specimen Lists

Backlog

Binomial Name Catalogue Number Institution Age Unit Material Notes Images
Gresslyosaurus torgeri HMN MB III Rhaetian Trossingen Formation, Germany May belong to the genus Plateosaurus [16]
Gryponyx transvaalensis Bushveld Sandstone A single claw from the hand and a wrist bone [17]
Magyarosaurus transsylvanicus BMNH R3896, 4891 Generally considered a junior synonym of M. dacus [18]
Orosaurus capensis Was renamed Orinosaurus because Orosaurus was believed to be preoccupied, but this mistake was realized and Orinosaurus is an objective junior synonym; has also been referred to the genus Gresslyosaurus
Plateosaurus ornatus May be a nomen dubium
Plateosauravus stormbergensis
Pleurocoelus montanus
Tangvayosaurus falloti
Titanosaurus falloti
Titanosaurus madagascarensis UCB 92305 Additional material was originally referred to this specimen, but it has since been referred to the genus Rapetosaurus
Titanosaurus rahioliensis
Titanosaurus nanus

Deep Lore

Binomial Name Catalogue Number Institution Age Unit Material Notes Images
Aristorsaurus erectus
Brontosaurus giganteus
Cetiosaurus philippsii
Dromicosaurus gracilis
Euskelosaurus africanus
Euskelosaurus broomi
Euskelosaurus euskelosauroides
Euskelosaurus molengraaffi
Gresslyosaurus ajax
Gresslyosaurus wetzelianus
Leptospondylus capensis
Morosaurus marchei
Ornithopsis eucamerotus BMNH R97
Ornithopsis leedsi
Ornithopsis manseli
Pachyspondylus orpenii
Palaeosaurus cylindricodon
An illustration of the holotype tooth of P. cylindricodon (left)
Palaeosaurus fraserianus
Palaeosaurus platydon
An illustration of the holotype tooth of P. platydon (right)
Pleurocoelus valdensis
Thecodontosaurus hermannianus
Thecodontosaurus dubius
Thecodontosaurus minimus
Thecodontosaurus latespinatus
Thecodontosaurus subcylindricodon
Wangonisaurus sp.

Thyreophorans

Binomial Name Catalogue Number Institution Age Unit Material Notes Images
Anoplosaurus major
Chungkingosaurus giganticus CV 00205
Chungkingosaurus magnus CV 00207
Natronasaurus sp. Ulansky, 2014
Vectensia sp. Delair, 1982
Hypsirhophus seelyanus
Dacentrurus hastiger
Dacentrurus phillipsi
Dacentrurus lennieri
Crataeomus sp.
Danubiosaurus sp.
Pleuropelta sp.
  1. ^ Loewen, M.A., Sampson, S.D., Lund, E.K., Farke, A.A., Aguillón-Martínez, M.C., de Leon, C.A., Rodríguez-de la Rosa, R.A., Getty, M.A., Eberth, D.A., 2010, "Horned Dinosaurs (Ornithischia: Ceratopsidae) from the Upper Cretaceous (Campanian) Cerro del Pueblo Formation, Coahuila, Mexico", In: Michael J. Ryan, Brenda J. Chinnery-Allgeier, and David A. Eberth (eds), New Perspectives on Horned Dinosaurs: The Royal Tyrrell Museum Ceratopsian Symposium, Indiana University Press, 656 pp.
  2. ^ Carballido, José Luis; Salgado, Leonardo; Pol, Diego; Canudo, José Ignacio; Garrido, Alberto (2012). "A new basal rebbachisaurid (Sauropoda, Diplodocoidea) from the Early Cretaceous of the Neuquén Basin; evolution and biogeography of the group". Historical Biology. 24 (6): 631–654. doi: 10.1080/08912963.2012.672416. S2CID  130423764.
  3. ^ Sereno, Paul C.; Brusatte, Stephen L. (2008). "Basal abelisaurid and carcharodontosaurid theropods from the Lower Cretaceous Elrhaz Formation of Niger" (PDF). Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 53 (1): 15–46. doi: 10.4202/app.2008.0102.
  4. ^ Dalla Vecchia, F. M. (1998). Remains of Sauropoda (Reptilia, Saurischia) in the Lower Cretaceous (Upper Hauterivian/Lower Barremian) limestones of SW Istria (Croatia). Geologica Croatica 51 (2): 105-134.
  5. ^ Rafael Matos Lindoso; Manuel Alfredo Araújo Medeiros; Ismar de Souza Carvalho; Agostinha Araújo Pereira; Ighor Dienes Mendes; Fabiano Vidoi Iori; Eliane Pinheiro Sousa; Silvia Helena Souza Arcanjo; Taciane Costa Madeira Silva (2019). "A new rebbachisaurid (Sauropoda: Diplodocoidea) from the middle Cretaceous of northern Brazil". Cretaceous Research. 104: Article 104191. doi: 10.1016/j.cretres.2019.104191. S2CID  201321631.
  6. ^ Canudo, José; Carballido, Jose; Garrido, Alberto; Salgado, Leonardo (2018). "A new rebbachisaurid sauropod from the Aptian–Albian, Lower Cretaceous Rayoso Formation, Neuquén, Argentina". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 63. doi: 10.4202/app.00524.2018. hdl: 11336/88390. ISSN  0567-7920.
  7. ^ Coria, Rodolfo A.; Currie, Philip J.; Ortega, Francisco; Baiano, Mattia A. (2020-07-01). "An Early Cretaceous, medium-sized carcharodontosaurid theropod (Dinosauria, Saurischia) from the Mulichinco Formation (upper Valanginian), Neuquén Province, Patagonia, Argentina". Cretaceous Research. 111: 104319. doi: 10.1016/j.cretres.2019.104319. hdl: 11336/122794. ISSN  0195-6671.
  8. ^ Fowler, D.W.; Freedman Fowler, E.A. (2020). "Transitional evolutionary forms in chasmosaurine ceratopsid dinosaurs: evidence from the Campanian of New Mexico". PeerJ. 8: e9251. doi: 10.7717/peerj.9251. PMC  7278894. PMID  32547873.
  9. ^ Apesteguía, Sebastián (2007). "The sauropod diversity of the La Amarga Formation (Barremian), Neuquén (Argentina)". Gondwana Research. 12 (4): 533–546. Bibcode: 2007GondR..12..533A. doi: 10.1016/j.gr.2007.04.007.
  10. ^ Sullivan, R.M., and Lucas, S.G. 2006. " The Kirtlandian land-vertebrate "age" – faunal composition, temporal position and biostratigraphic correlation in the nonmarine Upper Cretaceous of western North America[ permanent dead link]." New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, Bulletin 35:7-29.
  11. ^ Bonaparte, José F. (1996). "Cretaceous tetrapods of Argentina". Münchner geowissenschaftliche Abhandlungen. Reihe A, Geologie und Paläontologie. 30: 76–130. ISSN  0177-0950.
  12. ^ Christopher J. Ott and Peter L. Larson, 2010, "A New, Small Ceratopsian Dinosaur from the Latest Cretaceous Hell Creek Formation, Northwest South Dakota, United States: A Preliminary Description", In: Ryan, M.J., Chinnery-Allgeier, B.J., and Eberth, D.A. (eds.) New Perspectives on Horned Dinosaurs: The Royal Tyrrell Museum Ceratopsian Symposium, Bloomington, Indiana University Press, 656 pp.
  13. ^ Motta, Matías J.; Aranciaga Rolando, Alexis M.; Rozadilla, Sebastián; Agnolín, Federico E.; Chimento, Nicolás R.; Egli, Federico Brissón; Novas, Fernando E. (June 2016). "New theropod fauna from the Upper Cretaceous (Huincul Formation) of northwestern Patagonia, Argentina". New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin. 71: 231–253 – via ResearchGate.
  14. ^ Tanaka K, Anvarov OU, Zelenitsky DK, Ahmedshaev AS, Kobayashi Y (2021). "A new carcharodontosaurian theropod dinosaur occupies apex predator niche in the early Late Cretaceous of Uzbekistan". Royal Society Open Science. 8 (9): Article ID 210923. Bibcode: 2021RSOS....810923T. doi: 10.1098/rsos.210923. PMC  8424376. PMID  34527277.
  15. ^ Salgado, Leonardo; Carvalho, Ismar de Souza; Garrido, Alberto C. (2006). "Zapalasaurus bonapartei, un nuevo dinosaurio saurópodo de La Formación La Amarga (Cretácico Inferior), noroeste de Patagonia, Provincia de Neuquén, Argentina". Geobios. 39 (5): 695–707. doi: 10.1016/j.geobios.2005.06.001. ISSN  0016-6995.
  16. ^ Cite error: The named reference gressly6 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  17. ^ Cite error: The named reference stormbergold was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  18. ^ Cite error: The named reference palud was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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Basal coelurosaurs
Tyrannosaurs and megaraptorans
Ornithomimosaurs
Therizinosaurs and alvarezsaurs
Oviraptorosaurs
Non-avian paravians

Size estimates

Sauropods

Taxon Largest specimen(s) Paul (2022) Perez & Larramendi (2020) Other
Argentinosaurus huinculensis
Patagotitan mayorum
Maraapunisaurus fragillimus
cf. Barosaurus lentus
Mamenchisaurus cf. sinocanadorum
Dreadnoughtus schrani
Puertasaurus reuili
Sauroposeidon proteles
Supersaurus vivianae
Brachiosaurus altithorax
Apatosaurus cf. ajax
Giraffatitan brancai
Ruyangosaurus giganteus
" Antarctosaurus" giganteus

Ideal article structure

Clade

  • History of study
    • Initial discovery or conception
    • New ideas introduced
    • Modern understanding
  • Anatomy and biology
    • Body plan
    • Size
    • Eyes and senses
    • Nervous system
    • Skull features
    • Teeth and digestion
    • Integument
    • Arm structure and function
    • Feet and locomotion
    • Tail
    • Breathing
    • Ontogeny
  • Classification
    • Placement of the clade within a larger clade
    • Internal structure of the clade
    • Uncertainty or controversy about the clade
  • Paleoecology
    • Diet and predation
    • Social behavior
    • Geographic distribution
    • Longevity of clade

Genus

Infoboxes

Infoboxes
===Euornithes===

A Cynical Idealist/misc
Temporal range:
Early CretaceousPresent,
130.7–0  Ma [1]
Fossil specimen of Hongshanornis longicresta
Goldcrest (Regulus regulus)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Theropoda
Clade: Avialae
Clade: Ornithothoraces
Clade: Euornithes
Stejneger, 1884
Subgroups

Sauropodomorphs

Macronaria

Macronarians
Temporal range: Middle JurassicLate Cretaceous, 174–66  Ma
Seven macronarian sauropods (top to bottom): Argentinosaurus, Camarasaurus lentus, Opisthocoelicaudia, Europasaurus, Qiaowanlong, Huanghetitan (foreground) with Daxiatitan (background)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Sauropodomorpha
Clade: Sauropoda
Clade: Neosauropoda
Clade: Macronaria
Wilson & Sereno, 1998
Clades and subclades

Titanosauria

Titanosaurs
Temporal range: Cretaceous, 140–66  Ma
Mounted Patagotitan on display at the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Sauropodomorpha
Clade: Sauropoda
Clade: Macronaria
Clade: Somphospondyli
Clade: Titanosauria
Bonaparte & Coria, 1993
Subgroups [11] [12] [13] [14]
Titanosaurs of uncertain affinity and basal genera

Colossosauria

Colossosaurians
Temporal range: Cretaceous, 101.62–66  Ma
Skeleton mount of Patagotitan mayorum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Sauropodomorpha
Clade: Sauropoda
Clade: Macronaria
Clade: Titanosauria
Clade: Eutitanosauria
Clade: Colossosauria
González-Riga et al., 2019
Genera

Saltasauroidea

Stem-archosaurs

Archosauromorpha

Archosauromorphs
Temporal range: 260–0  Ma Possible Middle Permian records
Row 1: Sharovipteryx mirabilis and Crocodylus porosus
Row 2: Pardalotus punctatus and Hyperodapedon fischeri
Row 3: Tanystropheus longobardicus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Archelosauria
Clade: Archosauromorpha
von Huene, 1946
Subgroups
Archosauriformes incertae sedis

Avemetatarsalia

Avemetatarsalians
Temporal range:
Middle TriassicPresent, 247–0  Ma (possible Early Triassic record if Prorotodactylus is part of the clade)
Seven avemetatarsalians (top to bottom): a Gentoo penguin, Marasuchus, Kentrosaurus, Thalassodromeus (foreground) with Anhanguera (background), Diplodocus, Rhamphorhynchus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Sauropsida
Clade: Archosauria
Clade: Avemetatarsalia
Benton, 1999
Subgroups
Synonyms
  • Dracones Haeckel, 1895
  • Ornithosuchia Huene, 1908
  • Ornithotarsi Gauthier, 1986
  • Pan-Aves Gauthier and de Queiroz, 2001

Pseudosuchians

Pseudosuchia

Pseudosuchians
Temporal range:
Early TriassicPresent, 248–0  Ma
Postosuchus ( Rauisuchidae) and Desmatosuchus ( Aetosauria)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Archosauria
Clade: Pseudosuchia
Zittel, 1887
Subgroups
Synonyms
  • Crocodylotarsi Benton & Clark, 1988
  • Crurotarsi? Sereno & Arcucci, 1990

Crocodylomorpha

Crocodylomorphs
Temporal range: Late Triassic–Present, 235–0  Ma [15]
Skeleton of Terrestrisuchus, an early saltoposuchid crocodylomorph
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Archosauria
Clade: Pseudosuchia
Clade: Paracrocodylomorpha
Clade: Loricata
Clade: Crocodylomorpha
Hay, 1930
Subgroups
Crocodylomorphs of uncertain affinity

Thalattosuchia

Thalattosuchians
Temporal range: Early Jurassic- Early Cretaceous Sinemurian–Aptian
Platysuchus,( Teleosauridae, Teleosauroidea)
Cricosaurus ( Metriorhynchidae, Metriorhynchoidea)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Archosauria
Clade: Pseudosuchia
Clade: Crocodylomorpha
Clade: Crocodyliformes
Suborder: Thalattosuchia
Fraas, 1901 [16]
Superfamilies

Pterosaurs

Pterosauria

Pterosaurs
Temporal range: Late TriassicLate Cretaceous, 228–66  Ma
Six pterosaurs (top to bottom): Dimorphodon, Pterodactylus, Anurognathus, Quetzalcoatlus, Sordes, Tropeognathus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Archosauria
Clade: Avemetatarsalia
Clade: Ornithodira
Clade: Pterosauromorpha
Order: Pterosauria
Owen, 1842
Subgroups
Distribution of pterosaur fossil locations. Colored species or genera names correspond to their taxonomic group. [a]
Synonyms

Pterosaurii Kaup, 1834
Ornithosauria Seeley, 1870

Pterodactyloidea

Pterodactyloids
Temporal range:
Middle JurassicLate Cretaceous, 162.7–66  Ma
Several members of Pterodactyloidea (top to bottom): Pteranodon, Pterodaustro, the skulls of several pterosaurs ( Guidraco, Anhanguera, Tupandactylus, and an unnamed dsungaripterid), Quetzalcoatlus, Aerodactylus, and Coloborhynchus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: Pterosauria
Clade: Caelidracones
Suborder: Pterodactyloidea
Plieninger, 1901
Subgroups
Synonyms

Archaeopterodactyloidea

Archaeopterodactyloids
Temporal range:
Late JurassicEarly Cretaceous, 152–105  Ma , possible Late Cretaceous presence. [17]
Restored skull of the ctenochasmatid Pterodaustro guinazui
Cast of the sub-adult type specimen of Pterodactylus antiquus, an archaeopterodactyloid.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: Pterosauria
Suborder: Pterodactyloidea
Infraorder: Archaeopterodactyloidea
Kellner, 1996
Subgroups

Azhdarchoidea

Azhdarchoids
Temporal range:
Early - Late Cretaceous, 143–66  Ma Possible Late Jurassic record [18]
Reconstructed skeleton of Quetzalcoatlus northropi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: Pterosauria
Suborder: Pterodactyloidea
Clade: Ornithocheiroidea
Clade: Azhdarchoidea
Nesov, 1984
Subgroups

Ornithocheiromorpha

Ornithocheiromorphs
Temporal range: Valanginian- Turonian
~140–92.5  Ma
Reconstructed skeleton of Tropeognathus in the National Museum of Brazil
Skeletal cast of Maaradactylus spielbergi in the Naturalis Biodiversity Center
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: Pterosauria
Suborder: Pterodactyloidea
Clade: Pteranodontoidea
Clade: Ornithocheiromorpha
Andres et al., 2014
Subgroups

Marine reptiles

Ichthyosauromorpha

Ichthyosauromorpha
Temporal range:
Early Triassic - Late Cretaceous, 251.3–90  Ma Inferred Permian origins [19]
Hupehsuchus nanchangensis
Ichthyosaurus somersetensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Neodiapsida
Clade: Ichthyosauromorpha
Motani et al., 2014
Subgroups

Ichthyosauria

A Cynical Idealist/misc
Temporal range:
Early TriassicLate Cretaceous, 250–90  Ma
Skeleton of Ichthyosaurus somersetensis (NHMUK OR 2013)
Life restoration of Ophthalmosaurus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Eoichthyosauria
Order: Ichthyosauria
Blainville, 1835
Subgroups

Parvipelvia

A Cynical Idealist/misc
Temporal range: NorianCenomanian
~210–93.5  Ma
Ichthyosaurus breviceps fossil
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Ichthyosauria
Clade: Euichthyosauria
Node: Parvipelvia
Motani, 1999
Subgroups

Sauropterygia

Sauropterygians
Temporal range: Early Triassic - Late Cretaceous, 247–66  Ma
Sauropterygia diversity. Clockwise from top left: Ceresiosaurus calcagnii ( Nothosauroidea), Henodus chelyops ( Placodontia), Brachauchenius lucasi, Aristonectes parvidens ( Plesiosauria).
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Neodiapsida
Superorder: Sauropterygia
Owen, 1860
Subgroups

Plesiosauroidea

Plesiosauroids
Temporal range: Late Triassic - Late Cretaceous, 210–66  Ma
Life restoration of Elasmosaurus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Superorder: Sauropterygia
Order: Plesiosauria
Clade: Neoplesiosauria
Superfamily: Plesiosauroidea
Gray, 1825
Subgroups
  • Styxosaurus, Dolicorhynchops, Plesiosaurus, Zaarafrasaura, Cryptocleidus, Leptocleidus

Pliosauroidea

Pliosauridae

A Cynical Idealist/misc
Temporal range: Late Triassic - Late Cretaceous, 228–89.3  Ma
Cast of Attenborosaurus conybeari (NHMUK R1339), Natural History Museum
Liopleurodon ferox mounted skeleton, Museum of Paleontology, Tübingen
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Superorder: Sauropterygia
Order: Plesiosauria
Suborder: Pliosauroidea
Family: Pliosauridae
Seeley, 1874
Subgroups

Mosasauria

Misc

Proboscidea

A Cynical Idealist/misc
Temporal range: Middle Paleocene- Holocene 60.0–0  Ma
Proboscidean diversity: Indian elephant, Elephas maximus indicus, African bush elephant, Loxodonta africana and African forest elephant, Loxodonta cyclotis
Skeleton of Moeritherium
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Mirorder: Tethytheria
Order: Proboscidea
Illiger, 1811
Subclades

Cetacea

Tetrapoda

Clade lists

Sauropodomorphs
Sauropods
Ornithopods
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Taxon Described Literature Class
Coahuilaceratops
/ˌkəwləˈsɜːrətɒps/
Loewen et al., 2010 [1]
Comahuesaurus Carballido et al., 2012 [2]
Eocarcharia
/ˌkɑːrˈkɑːrə/
Sereno and Brusatte, 2008 [3]
Histriasaurus
/ˌhɪstrəˈsɔːrəs/
Dalla Vecchia, 1998 [4]
Itapeuasaurus Lindoso et al., 2019 [5]
Lavocatisaurus
/ˌlɒvˈkɒtiˌsɔːrəs/
Canudo et al., 2018 [6]
Lajasvenator
/ˌlɑːhɑːsˈvɪnɛtʌr/
Coria et al., 2020 [7]
Navajoceratops
/ˌnɑːvəhˈsɜːrətɒps/
Fowler & Freedman Fowler, 2020 [8]
Nopcsaspondylus
/ˌnɑːpʃkəˈspɑːndɪləs/
Apesteguia, 2007 [9]
Ojoceratops
/ˌhˈsɜːrətɒps/
Sullivan and Lucas, 2010 [10]
Rayososaurus
/rɛˌjsˈsɔːrəs/
Bonaparte, 1996 [11]
Tatankaceratops
/təˌtɒŋkəˈsɜːrətɒps/
Ott & Larson, 2010 [12]
Taurovenator
/ˌtʊrvɪˈnɛtʌr/
Motta et al., 2016 [13]
Ulughbegsaurus Tanaka et al., 2021 [14]
Vagaceratops
/væɡəˈsɜːrətɒps/
Sampson et al., 2010
Zapalasaurus
/zəˌpæləˈsɔːrəs/
Salgado et al., 2006 [15]

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Binomial Name Catalogue Number Institution Age Unit Material Notes Images
Gresslyosaurus torgeri HMN MB III Rhaetian Trossingen Formation, Germany May belong to the genus Plateosaurus [16]
Gryponyx transvaalensis Bushveld Sandstone A single claw from the hand and a wrist bone [17]
Magyarosaurus transsylvanicus BMNH R3896, 4891 Generally considered a junior synonym of M. dacus [18]
Orosaurus capensis Was renamed Orinosaurus because Orosaurus was believed to be preoccupied, but this mistake was realized and Orinosaurus is an objective junior synonym; has also been referred to the genus Gresslyosaurus
Plateosaurus ornatus May be a nomen dubium
Plateosauravus stormbergensis
Pleurocoelus montanus
Tangvayosaurus falloti
Titanosaurus falloti
Titanosaurus madagascarensis UCB 92305 Additional material was originally referred to this specimen, but it has since been referred to the genus Rapetosaurus
Titanosaurus rahioliensis
Titanosaurus nanus

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Binomial Name Catalogue Number Institution Age Unit Material Notes Images
Aristorsaurus erectus
Brontosaurus giganteus
Cetiosaurus philippsii
Dromicosaurus gracilis
Euskelosaurus africanus
Euskelosaurus broomi
Euskelosaurus euskelosauroides
Euskelosaurus molengraaffi
Gresslyosaurus ajax
Gresslyosaurus wetzelianus
Leptospondylus capensis
Morosaurus marchei
Ornithopsis eucamerotus BMNH R97
Ornithopsis leedsi
Ornithopsis manseli
Pachyspondylus orpenii
Palaeosaurus cylindricodon
An illustration of the holotype tooth of P. cylindricodon (left)
Palaeosaurus fraserianus
Palaeosaurus platydon
An illustration of the holotype tooth of P. platydon (right)
Pleurocoelus valdensis
Thecodontosaurus hermannianus
Thecodontosaurus dubius
Thecodontosaurus minimus
Thecodontosaurus latespinatus
Thecodontosaurus subcylindricodon
Wangonisaurus sp.

Thyreophorans

Binomial Name Catalogue Number Institution Age Unit Material Notes Images
Anoplosaurus major
Chungkingosaurus giganticus CV 00205
Chungkingosaurus magnus CV 00207
Natronasaurus sp. Ulansky, 2014
Vectensia sp. Delair, 1982
Hypsirhophus seelyanus
Dacentrurus hastiger
Dacentrurus phillipsi
Dacentrurus lennieri
Crataeomus sp.
Danubiosaurus sp.
Pleuropelta sp.
  1. ^ Loewen, M.A., Sampson, S.D., Lund, E.K., Farke, A.A., Aguillón-Martínez, M.C., de Leon, C.A., Rodríguez-de la Rosa, R.A., Getty, M.A., Eberth, D.A., 2010, "Horned Dinosaurs (Ornithischia: Ceratopsidae) from the Upper Cretaceous (Campanian) Cerro del Pueblo Formation, Coahuila, Mexico", In: Michael J. Ryan, Brenda J. Chinnery-Allgeier, and David A. Eberth (eds), New Perspectives on Horned Dinosaurs: The Royal Tyrrell Museum Ceratopsian Symposium, Indiana University Press, 656 pp.
  2. ^ Carballido, José Luis; Salgado, Leonardo; Pol, Diego; Canudo, José Ignacio; Garrido, Alberto (2012). "A new basal rebbachisaurid (Sauropoda, Diplodocoidea) from the Early Cretaceous of the Neuquén Basin; evolution and biogeography of the group". Historical Biology. 24 (6): 631–654. doi: 10.1080/08912963.2012.672416. S2CID  130423764.
  3. ^ Sereno, Paul C.; Brusatte, Stephen L. (2008). "Basal abelisaurid and carcharodontosaurid theropods from the Lower Cretaceous Elrhaz Formation of Niger" (PDF). Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 53 (1): 15–46. doi: 10.4202/app.2008.0102.
  4. ^ Dalla Vecchia, F. M. (1998). Remains of Sauropoda (Reptilia, Saurischia) in the Lower Cretaceous (Upper Hauterivian/Lower Barremian) limestones of SW Istria (Croatia). Geologica Croatica 51 (2): 105-134.
  5. ^ Rafael Matos Lindoso; Manuel Alfredo Araújo Medeiros; Ismar de Souza Carvalho; Agostinha Araújo Pereira; Ighor Dienes Mendes; Fabiano Vidoi Iori; Eliane Pinheiro Sousa; Silvia Helena Souza Arcanjo; Taciane Costa Madeira Silva (2019). "A new rebbachisaurid (Sauropoda: Diplodocoidea) from the middle Cretaceous of northern Brazil". Cretaceous Research. 104: Article 104191. doi: 10.1016/j.cretres.2019.104191. S2CID  201321631.
  6. ^ Canudo, José; Carballido, Jose; Garrido, Alberto; Salgado, Leonardo (2018). "A new rebbachisaurid sauropod from the Aptian–Albian, Lower Cretaceous Rayoso Formation, Neuquén, Argentina". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 63. doi: 10.4202/app.00524.2018. hdl: 11336/88390. ISSN  0567-7920.
  7. ^ Coria, Rodolfo A.; Currie, Philip J.; Ortega, Francisco; Baiano, Mattia A. (2020-07-01). "An Early Cretaceous, medium-sized carcharodontosaurid theropod (Dinosauria, Saurischia) from the Mulichinco Formation (upper Valanginian), Neuquén Province, Patagonia, Argentina". Cretaceous Research. 111: 104319. doi: 10.1016/j.cretres.2019.104319. hdl: 11336/122794. ISSN  0195-6671.
  8. ^ Fowler, D.W.; Freedman Fowler, E.A. (2020). "Transitional evolutionary forms in chasmosaurine ceratopsid dinosaurs: evidence from the Campanian of New Mexico". PeerJ. 8: e9251. doi: 10.7717/peerj.9251. PMC  7278894. PMID  32547873.
  9. ^ Apesteguía, Sebastián (2007). "The sauropod diversity of the La Amarga Formation (Barremian), Neuquén (Argentina)". Gondwana Research. 12 (4): 533–546. Bibcode: 2007GondR..12..533A. doi: 10.1016/j.gr.2007.04.007.
  10. ^ Sullivan, R.M., and Lucas, S.G. 2006. " The Kirtlandian land-vertebrate "age" – faunal composition, temporal position and biostratigraphic correlation in the nonmarine Upper Cretaceous of western North America[ permanent dead link]." New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, Bulletin 35:7-29.
  11. ^ Bonaparte, José F. (1996). "Cretaceous tetrapods of Argentina". Münchner geowissenschaftliche Abhandlungen. Reihe A, Geologie und Paläontologie. 30: 76–130. ISSN  0177-0950.
  12. ^ Christopher J. Ott and Peter L. Larson, 2010, "A New, Small Ceratopsian Dinosaur from the Latest Cretaceous Hell Creek Formation, Northwest South Dakota, United States: A Preliminary Description", In: Ryan, M.J., Chinnery-Allgeier, B.J., and Eberth, D.A. (eds.) New Perspectives on Horned Dinosaurs: The Royal Tyrrell Museum Ceratopsian Symposium, Bloomington, Indiana University Press, 656 pp.
  13. ^ Motta, Matías J.; Aranciaga Rolando, Alexis M.; Rozadilla, Sebastián; Agnolín, Federico E.; Chimento, Nicolás R.; Egli, Federico Brissón; Novas, Fernando E. (June 2016). "New theropod fauna from the Upper Cretaceous (Huincul Formation) of northwestern Patagonia, Argentina". New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin. 71: 231–253 – via ResearchGate.
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  15. ^ Salgado, Leonardo; Carvalho, Ismar de Souza; Garrido, Alberto C. (2006). "Zapalasaurus bonapartei, un nuevo dinosaurio saurópodo de La Formación La Amarga (Cretácico Inferior), noroeste de Patagonia, Provincia de Neuquén, Argentina". Geobios. 39 (5): 695–707. doi: 10.1016/j.geobios.2005.06.001. ISSN  0016-6995.
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Size estimates

Sauropods

Taxon Largest specimen(s) Paul (2022) Perez & Larramendi (2020) Other
Argentinosaurus huinculensis
Patagotitan mayorum
Maraapunisaurus fragillimus
cf. Barosaurus lentus
Mamenchisaurus cf. sinocanadorum
Dreadnoughtus schrani
Puertasaurus reuili
Sauroposeidon proteles
Supersaurus vivianae
Brachiosaurus altithorax
Apatosaurus cf. ajax
Giraffatitan brancai
Ruyangosaurus giganteus
" Antarctosaurus" giganteus

Ideal article structure

Clade

  • History of study
    • Initial discovery or conception
    • New ideas introduced
    • Modern understanding
  • Anatomy and biology
    • Body plan
    • Size
    • Eyes and senses
    • Nervous system
    • Skull features
    • Teeth and digestion
    • Integument
    • Arm structure and function
    • Feet and locomotion
    • Tail
    • Breathing
    • Ontogeny
  • Classification
    • Placement of the clade within a larger clade
    • Internal structure of the clade
    • Uncertainty or controversy about the clade
  • Paleoecology
    • Diet and predation
    • Social behavior
    • Geographic distribution
    • Longevity of clade

Genus

Infoboxes

Infoboxes
===Euornithes===

A Cynical Idealist/misc
Temporal range:
Early CretaceousPresent,
130.7–0  Ma [1]
Fossil specimen of Hongshanornis longicresta
Goldcrest (Regulus regulus)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Theropoda
Clade: Avialae
Clade: Ornithothoraces
Clade: Euornithes
Stejneger, 1884
Subgroups

Sauropodomorphs

Macronaria

Macronarians
Temporal range: Middle JurassicLate Cretaceous, 174–66  Ma
Seven macronarian sauropods (top to bottom): Argentinosaurus, Camarasaurus lentus, Opisthocoelicaudia, Europasaurus, Qiaowanlong, Huanghetitan (foreground) with Daxiatitan (background)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Sauropodomorpha
Clade: Sauropoda
Clade: Neosauropoda
Clade: Macronaria
Wilson & Sereno, 1998
Clades and subclades

Titanosauria

Titanosaurs
Temporal range: Cretaceous, 140–66  Ma
Mounted Patagotitan on display at the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Sauropodomorpha
Clade: Sauropoda
Clade: Macronaria
Clade: Somphospondyli
Clade: Titanosauria
Bonaparte & Coria, 1993
Subgroups [11] [12] [13] [14]
Titanosaurs of uncertain affinity and basal genera

Colossosauria

Colossosaurians
Temporal range: Cretaceous, 101.62–66  Ma
Skeleton mount of Patagotitan mayorum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Sauropodomorpha
Clade: Sauropoda
Clade: Macronaria
Clade: Titanosauria
Clade: Eutitanosauria
Clade: Colossosauria
González-Riga et al., 2019
Genera

Saltasauroidea

Stem-archosaurs

Archosauromorpha

Archosauromorphs
Temporal range: 260–0  Ma Possible Middle Permian records
Row 1: Sharovipteryx mirabilis and Crocodylus porosus
Row 2: Pardalotus punctatus and Hyperodapedon fischeri
Row 3: Tanystropheus longobardicus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Archelosauria
Clade: Archosauromorpha
von Huene, 1946
Subgroups
Archosauriformes incertae sedis

Avemetatarsalia

Avemetatarsalians
Temporal range:
Middle TriassicPresent, 247–0  Ma (possible Early Triassic record if Prorotodactylus is part of the clade)
Seven avemetatarsalians (top to bottom): a Gentoo penguin, Marasuchus, Kentrosaurus, Thalassodromeus (foreground) with Anhanguera (background), Diplodocus, Rhamphorhynchus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Sauropsida
Clade: Archosauria
Clade: Avemetatarsalia
Benton, 1999
Subgroups
Synonyms
  • Dracones Haeckel, 1895
  • Ornithosuchia Huene, 1908
  • Ornithotarsi Gauthier, 1986
  • Pan-Aves Gauthier and de Queiroz, 2001

Pseudosuchians

Pseudosuchia

Pseudosuchians
Temporal range:
Early TriassicPresent, 248–0  Ma
Postosuchus ( Rauisuchidae) and Desmatosuchus ( Aetosauria)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Archosauria
Clade: Pseudosuchia
Zittel, 1887
Subgroups
Synonyms
  • Crocodylotarsi Benton & Clark, 1988
  • Crurotarsi? Sereno & Arcucci, 1990

Crocodylomorpha

Crocodylomorphs
Temporal range: Late Triassic–Present, 235–0  Ma [15]
Skeleton of Terrestrisuchus, an early saltoposuchid crocodylomorph
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Archosauria
Clade: Pseudosuchia
Clade: Paracrocodylomorpha
Clade: Loricata
Clade: Crocodylomorpha
Hay, 1930
Subgroups
Crocodylomorphs of uncertain affinity

Thalattosuchia

Thalattosuchians
Temporal range: Early Jurassic- Early Cretaceous Sinemurian–Aptian
Platysuchus,( Teleosauridae, Teleosauroidea)
Cricosaurus ( Metriorhynchidae, Metriorhynchoidea)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Archosauria
Clade: Pseudosuchia
Clade: Crocodylomorpha
Clade: Crocodyliformes
Suborder: Thalattosuchia
Fraas, 1901 [16]
Superfamilies

Pterosaurs

Pterosauria

Pterosaurs
Temporal range: Late TriassicLate Cretaceous, 228–66  Ma
Six pterosaurs (top to bottom): Dimorphodon, Pterodactylus, Anurognathus, Quetzalcoatlus, Sordes, Tropeognathus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Archosauria
Clade: Avemetatarsalia
Clade: Ornithodira
Clade: Pterosauromorpha
Order: Pterosauria
Owen, 1842
Subgroups
Distribution of pterosaur fossil locations. Colored species or genera names correspond to their taxonomic group. [a]
Synonyms

Pterosaurii Kaup, 1834
Ornithosauria Seeley, 1870

Pterodactyloidea

Pterodactyloids
Temporal range:
Middle JurassicLate Cretaceous, 162.7–66  Ma
Several members of Pterodactyloidea (top to bottom): Pteranodon, Pterodaustro, the skulls of several pterosaurs ( Guidraco, Anhanguera, Tupandactylus, and an unnamed dsungaripterid), Quetzalcoatlus, Aerodactylus, and Coloborhynchus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: Pterosauria
Clade: Caelidracones
Suborder: Pterodactyloidea
Plieninger, 1901
Subgroups
Synonyms

Archaeopterodactyloidea

Archaeopterodactyloids
Temporal range:
Late JurassicEarly Cretaceous, 152–105  Ma , possible Late Cretaceous presence. [17]
Restored skull of the ctenochasmatid Pterodaustro guinazui
Cast of the sub-adult type specimen of Pterodactylus antiquus, an archaeopterodactyloid.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: Pterosauria
Suborder: Pterodactyloidea
Infraorder: Archaeopterodactyloidea
Kellner, 1996
Subgroups

Azhdarchoidea

Azhdarchoids
Temporal range:
Early - Late Cretaceous, 143–66  Ma Possible Late Jurassic record [18]
Reconstructed skeleton of Quetzalcoatlus northropi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: Pterosauria
Suborder: Pterodactyloidea
Clade: Ornithocheiroidea
Clade: Azhdarchoidea
Nesov, 1984
Subgroups

Ornithocheiromorpha

Ornithocheiromorphs
Temporal range: Valanginian- Turonian
~140–92.5  Ma
Reconstructed skeleton of Tropeognathus in the National Museum of Brazil
Skeletal cast of Maaradactylus spielbergi in the Naturalis Biodiversity Center
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: Pterosauria
Suborder: Pterodactyloidea
Clade: Pteranodontoidea
Clade: Ornithocheiromorpha
Andres et al., 2014
Subgroups

Marine reptiles

Ichthyosauromorpha

Ichthyosauromorpha
Temporal range:
Early Triassic - Late Cretaceous, 251.3–90  Ma Inferred Permian origins [19]
Hupehsuchus nanchangensis
Ichthyosaurus somersetensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Neodiapsida
Clade: Ichthyosauromorpha
Motani et al., 2014
Subgroups

Ichthyosauria

A Cynical Idealist/misc
Temporal range:
Early TriassicLate Cretaceous, 250–90  Ma
Skeleton of Ichthyosaurus somersetensis (NHMUK OR 2013)
Life restoration of Ophthalmosaurus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Eoichthyosauria
Order: Ichthyosauria
Blainville, 1835
Subgroups

Parvipelvia

A Cynical Idealist/misc
Temporal range: NorianCenomanian
~210–93.5  Ma
Ichthyosaurus breviceps fossil
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Ichthyosauria
Clade: Euichthyosauria
Node: Parvipelvia
Motani, 1999
Subgroups

Sauropterygia

Sauropterygians
Temporal range: Early Triassic - Late Cretaceous, 247–66  Ma
Sauropterygia diversity. Clockwise from top left: Ceresiosaurus calcagnii ( Nothosauroidea), Henodus chelyops ( Placodontia), Brachauchenius lucasi, Aristonectes parvidens ( Plesiosauria).
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Neodiapsida
Superorder: Sauropterygia
Owen, 1860
Subgroups

Plesiosauroidea

Plesiosauroids
Temporal range: Late Triassic - Late Cretaceous, 210–66  Ma
Life restoration of Elasmosaurus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Superorder: Sauropterygia
Order: Plesiosauria
Clade: Neoplesiosauria
Superfamily: Plesiosauroidea
Gray, 1825
Subgroups
  • Styxosaurus, Dolicorhynchops, Plesiosaurus, Zaarafrasaura, Cryptocleidus, Leptocleidus

Pliosauroidea

Pliosauridae

A Cynical Idealist/misc
Temporal range: Late Triassic - Late Cretaceous, 228–89.3  Ma
Cast of Attenborosaurus conybeari (NHMUK R1339), Natural History Museum
Liopleurodon ferox mounted skeleton, Museum of Paleontology, Tübingen
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Superorder: Sauropterygia
Order: Plesiosauria
Suborder: Pliosauroidea
Family: Pliosauridae
Seeley, 1874
Subgroups

Mosasauria

Misc

Proboscidea

A Cynical Idealist/misc
Temporal range: Middle Paleocene- Holocene 60.0–0  Ma
Proboscidean diversity: Indian elephant, Elephas maximus indicus, African bush elephant, Loxodonta africana and African forest elephant, Loxodonta cyclotis
Skeleton of Moeritherium
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Mirorder: Tethytheria
Order: Proboscidea
Illiger, 1811
Subclades

Cetacea

Tetrapoda

Clade lists

Sauropodomorphs
Sauropods
Ornithopods
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