Taxonomic, palaeobiological and evolutionary implications of a phylogenetic hypothesis for Ornithischia (Archosauria: Dinosauria)
Author
Norman, David B
Author
Baron, Matthew G
Author
Garcia, Mauricio S
Author
Müller, Rodrigo Temp
text
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
2022
2022-12-01
196
4
1273
1309
https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article/196/4/1273/6680019
journal article
10.1093/zoolinnean/zlac062
0024-4082
7381299
Dinosauria
(
Fig. 6
: node 1)
Definition adopted:
The least inclusive clade containing
Iguanodon bernissartensis
,
Megalosaurus bucklandii
and
Cetiosaurus oxoniensis
Phillips, 1871
(
Langer
et al.
, 2020
).
Characters in support (here):
Basipterygoid process mediolaterally compressed (Char. 62: 0 → 1); post-glenoid process of the coracoid extending caudal to glenoid (Char. 140: 0 → 1); presence of a strong pillar caudal to the pre-acetabular embayment of the ilium (Char. 180: 0 → 1); pubis length more than 70% or more of femoral length (Char. 188: 0 → 1); more dorsally extensive contact between the medial surface of the ischia (Char. 197: 0 → 1); presence of a dorsolateral sulcus on the ischium (Char. 198: 0 → 1); rounded or elliptical outline of the distal portion of the ischium (Char. 199: 0 → 1); kinked transition from the femoral shaft to the femoral head (Char. 208: 0 → 1); angled ‘greater trochanter’ of the femur (Char. 216: 0 → 1); presence of a transverse groove on the proximal surface of the femur (Char. 217: 0 → 1); concave caudal margin of the distal end of the tibia (Char. 240: 0 → 1); and metatarsal IV subequal or shorter than metatarsal II (Char. 217: 0 → 1).