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Scelidosauridae (disused)
Taxonomy
Scelidosauridae was named by Cope (1869). Its type is Scelidosaurus.
It was synonymized subjectively with Stegosauridae by von Zittel (1911).
It was assigned to Dinosauria by Huxley (1870); to Stegosauria by Zittel (1890); to Iguanodontia by Baur (1891); to Orthopoda by Cope (1869), Cope (1870), Cope (1871), Cope (1875), Cope (1883), Cope (1889), Cope (1891), Cope (1898); to Stegosauria by Van Den Broeck (1900); to Ornithopoda by Lydekker (1888), Mansel-Pleydell (1902); to Predentata by Gilmore (1919); to Stegosauroidae by Hay (1930); to Brachypoda by Thulborn (1974), Thulborn (1975), Thulborn (1977); to Ankylosauroidea by Norman (1984); to Scelidosauria by Cooper (1985); to Ornithischia by Galton (1980), Galton (1983), Galton (1985); to Orbitoscuta by Bakker (1986); to Stegosauria by Marsh (1880), Sauvage (1882), Marsh (1882), Dollo (1884), Marsh (1884), Marsh (1885), Marsh (1896), Gilmore (1914), Hennig (1915), Matthew (1915), Lull (1924), Kuhn (1946), Tatarinov (1964), Kuhn (1964), Kuhn (1966), Romer (1966), Charig (1967), Ostrom (1980), Carroll (1988); and to Thyreophora by Dong (2001), Ulansky (2014).
It was synonymized subjectively with Stegosauridae by von Zittel (1911).
It was assigned to Dinosauria by Huxley (1870); to Stegosauria by Zittel (1890); to Iguanodontia by Baur (1891); to Orthopoda by Cope (1869), Cope (1870), Cope (1871), Cope (1875), Cope (1883), Cope (1889), Cope (1891), Cope (1898); to Stegosauria by Van Den Broeck (1900); to Ornithopoda by Lydekker (1888), Mansel-Pleydell (1902); to Predentata by Gilmore (1919); to Stegosauroidae by Hay (1930); to Brachypoda by Thulborn (1974), Thulborn (1975), Thulborn (1977); to Ankylosauroidea by Norman (1984); to Scelidosauria by Cooper (1985); to Ornithischia by Galton (1980), Galton (1983), Galton (1985); to Orbitoscuta by Bakker (1986); to Stegosauria by Marsh (1880), Sauvage (1882), Marsh (1882), Dollo (1884), Marsh (1884), Marsh (1885), Marsh (1896), Gilmore (1914), Hennig (1915), Matthew (1915), Lull (1924), Kuhn (1946), Tatarinov (1964), Kuhn (1964), Kuhn (1966), Romer (1966), Charig (1967), Ostrom (1980), Carroll (1988); and to Thyreophora by Dong (2001), Ulansky (2014).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1869 | Scelidosauridae Cope p. 91 |
| 1870 | Scelidosauridae Cope p. 91 |
| 1870 | Scelidosauridae Huxley p. 34 |
| 1871 | Scelidosauridae Cope p. 234 |
| 1875 | Scelidosauridae Cope p. 13 |
| 1880 | Scelidosauridae Marsh |
| 1882 | Scelidosauridae Marsh |
| 1882 | Scelidosauridae Sauvage p. 35 |
| 1883 | Scelidosauridae Cope p. 98–99 |
| 1884 | Scelidosauridae Dollo p. 298 |
| 1884 | Scelidosauridae Marsh p. 68 |
| 1885 | Scelidosauridae Marsh p. 764 |
| 1888 | Scelidosauridae Lydekker p. 180 |
| 1889 | Scelidosauridae Cope p. 16 |
| 1890 | Scelidosauridae Zittel p. 741 |
| 1891 | Scelidosauridae Baur p. 450 |
| 1891 | Scelidosauridae Cope p. 43 |
| 1896 | Scelidosauridae Marsh p. 243 |
| 1898 | Scelidosauridae Cope p. 70 |
| 1900 | Scelidosauridae Van Den Broeck p. 85 |
| 1902 | Scelidosauridae Mansel-Pleydell p. lxxv |
| 1914 | Scelidosauridae Gilmore p. 101 |
| 1915 | Scelidosauridae Hennig p. 10 |
| 1915 | Scelidosauridae Matthew p. 32 |
| 1919 | Scelidosauridae Gilmore p. 65 |
| 1924 | Scelidosauridae Lull p. 241 |
| 1930 | Scelidosauridae Hay p. 231 |
| 1946 | Scelidosauridae Kuhn p. 66 |
| 1964 | Scelidosauridae Kuhn p. 32 |
| 1964 | Scelidosauridae Tatarinov p. 572 |
| 1966 | Scelidosauridae Kuhn p. 104 |
| 1966 | Scelidosauridae Romer p. 370 |
| 1967 | Scelidosauridae Charig p. 715 |
| 1974 | Scelidosauridae Thulborn p. 172 |
| 1975 | Scelidosauridae Thulborn p. 134 |
| 1977 | Scelidosauridae Thulborn p. 727 |
| 1980 | Scelidosauridae Galton p. 826 |
| 1980 | Scelidosauridae Ostrom p. 23 |
| 1983 | Scelidosauridae Galton p. 4 |
| 1984 | Scelidosauridae Norman pp. 159-160 fig. 2 |
| 1985 | Scelidosauridae Cooper p. 288 |
| 1985 | Scelidosauridae Galton p. 251 |
| 1986 | Scelidosauridae Bakker p. 461 |
| 1988 | Scelidosauridae Carroll |
| 2001 | Scelidosauridae Dong p. 238 |
| 2014 | Scelidosauridae Ulansky p. 4 |
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Fm. †Scelidosauridae Cope 1869
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| E. D. Cope 1869 | III. Teeth in a single row, cutting ; four digit bearing metatarsals. | |
| T. H. Huxley 1870 | 1. The maxillary and mandibular teeth have sharp-edged triangular crowns, with serrated margins, the serrations being oblique to, or parallel with, the long axis of the tooth. The teeth are not worn down by mastication.
2. The anterior prolongation of the ilium is more slender than the posterior. 3. The rami of the mandible are slender, and taper to their symphysis. 4. The proximal end of the femur has a subglobular articular head, borne by a neck which is set nearly at right angles to the axis of the shaft, while its direction is nearly parallel with a flat surface on which the condyles rest. 5. The integument is (usually) provided with a dermal armour in the form of bony scales or spines. | |
| K. A. v. Zittel 1890 | Wirbel amphicöl oder platycöl; Diapophysen der vorderen Bückemvirbel mit staffeiförmigem Capitulargelenk. Rückenmarkcanal eng. Ileum vor und hinter der Pfanne stark verlängert. Astragalus nicht mit der Tibia verwachsen. Metatarsalia massig lang. Hinterfuss vierzehig. Zähne lang; die Krone seitlich zusammengedrückt, dreieckig, am Vorder- und Hinterrand zugeschärft und stark gekei'bt. | |
| R. S. Lull 1924 | Teeth spatulate, triangular in cross section, with coarsely serrated margins; skull with single supratemporal Ienestra; vertebrae all amphicoelous; neural canal not expanded in sacrum; limb bones hollow; hand with four, foot with three, functional digits, hallux reduced, and outermost absent; armor consisting of dorsal, longitudinal rows of dermal ossicles, together with small tubercles. |
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Collections
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