Dinosauromorpha
clade of reptiles (fossil) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dinosauromorpha are a clade of archosaurs that includes dinosaurs and other closely related animals. Birds are the only surviving dinosauromorphs.
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Dinosauromorphs | |
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Reconstructed skeleton of a Lagosuchus talampayensis | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Ornithodira |
Clade: | Dinosauromorpha Benton, 1984 |
Subgroups | |
†Lagerpetidae |
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The name was coined by Michael J. Benton in 1984. The first clade definitions were by Paul Sereno in 1991. He defined the concept as:
- The last common ancestor of Lagerpeton chanarensis, Marasuchus lilloensis, Pseudolagosuchus major and the Dinosauria (including Aves) and all its descendants.[1]
Another term, with somewhat different coverage is Avemetatarsalia.