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Nanosaurinae (disused)
Taxonomy
Nanosauridae was named by Marsh (1878). Its type is Nanosaurus.
It was reranked as the subfamily Nanosauridae by Nopcsa (1901); it was reranked as the subfamily Nannosaurinae by Nopcsa (1928), Huene (1934); it was reranked as the subfamily Nanosaurinae by Huene (1934), Kuhn (1966); it was synonymized subjectively with Hypsilophodontidae by Kuhn (1964); it was synonymized subjectively with Fabrosauridae by Galton (1978).
It was assigned to Ornithopoda by Zittel (1890); to Ornithopoda by Van Den Broeck (1900); to Iguanodontoidea by Hay (1902); to Iguanodontoidae by Hay (1930); to Kalodontidae by Nopcsa (1901), Nopcsa (1928), Huene (1934), Huene (1934); to Ornithopoda by Marsh (1895), Marsh (1896), Arldt (1909), Huene (1909), Matthew (1915), Roxo (1937); to Hypsilophodontidae by Kuhn (1966); to Fabrosauroidea by Cooper (1985); and to Ornithopoda by Bakker (1986).
It was reranked as the subfamily Nanosauridae by Nopcsa (1901); it was reranked as the subfamily Nannosaurinae by Nopcsa (1928), Huene (1934); it was reranked as the subfamily Nanosaurinae by Huene (1934), Kuhn (1966); it was synonymized subjectively with Hypsilophodontidae by Kuhn (1964); it was synonymized subjectively with Fabrosauridae by Galton (1978).
It was assigned to Ornithopoda by Zittel (1890); to Ornithopoda by Van Den Broeck (1900); to Iguanodontoidea by Hay (1902); to Iguanodontoidae by Hay (1930); to Kalodontidae by Nopcsa (1901), Nopcsa (1928), Huene (1934), Huene (1934); to Ornithopoda by Marsh (1895), Marsh (1896), Arldt (1909), Huene (1909), Matthew (1915), Roxo (1937); to Hypsilophodontidae by Kuhn (1966); to Fabrosauroidea by Cooper (1985); and to Ornithopoda by Bakker (1986).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1878 | Nanosauridae Marsh p. 244 |
| 1890 | Nanosauridae Zittel p. 766 |
| 1895 | Nanosauridae Marsh |
| 1896 | Nanosauridae Marsh p. 244 |
| 1900 | Nanosauridae Van Den Broeck p. 87 |
| 1901 | Nanosauridae Nopcsa p. 208 |
| 1902 | Nanosauridae Hay p. 505 |
| 1909 | Nanosauridae Arldt p. 263 |
| 1909 | Nanosauridae Huene p. 16 |
| 1915 | Nanosauridae Matthew p. 32 |
| 1928 | Nannosaurinae Nopcsa p. 184 |
| 1930 | Nanosauridae Hay p. 203 |
| 1934 | Nannosaurinae Huene p. 15 |
| 1934 | Nanosaurinae Huene p. 184 |
| 1937 | Nanosauridae Roxo p. 65 |
| 1966 | Nanosaurinae Kuhn p. 102 |
| 1985 | Nanosauridae Cooper p. 285 |
| 1986 | Nanosauridae Bakker p. 461 |
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Subfm. †Nanosaurinae Marsh 1878
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| K. A. v. Zittel 1890 | Zähne in einer Reihe, die Kronen stark zusammengedrückt und gezackt. Wirbel und Gliedmaassenknochen hohl. Vorderbeine massig lang: Humerus mit starkem Radialkamm. Femur gekrümmt mit kräftigem innerem Trochauter. Tibia gerade, länger als Femur. Fibida sehr schlank, vogelartig. Heum mit dünnem vorderem Fortsatz. Ischia lang. | |
| B. F. Nopcsa 1901 | (tökéletlenül ismérve). — Mellsö csigolyák biconcávak; 3 sacrumcsigolya; femur rövidebb mint a tibia. Lábszár és más (?) csontok nagyon vékony falúak.
[(imperfectly known). - Trunk vertebrae biconcave; 3 sacrum vertebrae; femur shorter than tibia. Legs and other (?) bones are very thin-walled.] | |
| B. F. Nopcsa 1928 | small but incompletely known, lightly built |
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| References: Marsh 1875, Benton 1983 | |||||
Collections
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