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Morosauridae (disused)
Taxonomy
Morosauridae was named by Marsh (1882). Its type is Morosaurus.
It was synonymized subjectively with Cetiosauridae by Depéret (1896); it was synonymized subjectively with Camarasauridae by Hay (1930), Kuhn (1966), Swinton (1970); it was synonymized subjectively with Camarasaurinae by Kuhn (1946).
It was assigned to Sauropoda by Vetter (1884); to Opisthocoelia by Hay (1902); to Diplodocia by Tornier (1913); to Allophagi by Jaekel (1914); to Sauropoda by Dollo (1884), Dollo (1889), Zittel (1890), Winkler (1893), Arldt (1909), Matthew (1915), Lull (1924), Nopcsa (1928), Roxo (1937); and to Sauropoda by Sauvage (1882), Marsh (1883), Marsh (1884), Marsh (1884), Marsh (1885), Lydekker (1888), Marsh (1895), Marsh (1896), Marsh (1898), Depéret (1900), Peterson and Gilmore (1902), Hatcher (1903), Huene (1908), Huene (1908), Huene (1909), Lull (1911), von Zittel (1911), Huene (1914), Huene (1914), Nopcsa (1923), Huene (1927), Huene (1927), Swinton (1936), Charig (1967), Bonaparte (1978).
It was synonymized subjectively with Cetiosauridae by Depéret (1896); it was synonymized subjectively with Camarasauridae by Hay (1930), Kuhn (1966), Swinton (1970); it was synonymized subjectively with Camarasaurinae by Kuhn (1946).
It was assigned to Sauropoda by Vetter (1884); to Opisthocoelia by Hay (1902); to Diplodocia by Tornier (1913); to Allophagi by Jaekel (1914); to Sauropoda by Dollo (1884), Dollo (1889), Zittel (1890), Winkler (1893), Arldt (1909), Matthew (1915), Lull (1924), Nopcsa (1928), Roxo (1937); and to Sauropoda by Sauvage (1882), Marsh (1883), Marsh (1884), Marsh (1884), Marsh (1885), Lydekker (1888), Marsh (1895), Marsh (1896), Marsh (1898), Depéret (1900), Peterson and Gilmore (1902), Hatcher (1903), Huene (1908), Huene (1908), Huene (1909), Lull (1911), von Zittel (1911), Huene (1914), Huene (1914), Nopcsa (1923), Huene (1927), Huene (1927), Swinton (1936), Charig (1967), Bonaparte (1978).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1882 | Morosauridae Marsh |
| 1882 | Morosauridae Sauvage p. 35 |
| 1883 | Morosauridae Marsh p. 85 |
| 1884 | Morosauridae Dollo p. 298 |
| 1884 | Morosauridae Marsh p. 68 |
| 1884 | Morosauridae Vetter p. 357 |
| 1885 | Morosauridae Marsh p. 764 |
| 1888 | Morosauridae Lydekker p. 134 |
| 1889 | Morosauridae Dollo p. 677 |
| 1890 | Morosauridae Zittel p. 709 |
| 1893 | Morosauridae Winkler p. 101 |
| 1895 | Morosauridae Marsh |
| 1896 | Morosauridae Marsh p. 241 |
| 1898 | Morosauridae Marsh p. 158 |
| 1900 | Morosauridae Depéret p. 638 |
| 1902 | Morosauridae Hay p. 482 |
| 1902 | Morosauridae Peterson and Gilmore p. 491 |
| 1903 | Morosauridae Hatcher p. 49 |
| 1908 | Morosauridae Huene p. 296 |
| 1909 | Morosauridae Arldt p. 262 |
| 1909 | Morosauridae Huene p. 14 |
| 1911 | Morosauridae Lull p. 188 |
| 1911 | Morosauridae von Zittel p. 287 |
| 1913 | Morosauridae Tornier p. 370 |
| 1914 | Morosauridae Huene p. 38 |
| 1914 | Morosauridae Jaekel p. 197 |
| 1915 | Morosauridae Matthew p. 32 |
| 1923 | Morosauridae Nopcsa p. 126 |
| 1924 | Morosauridae Lull p. 234 |
| 1927 | Morosauridae Huene p. 123 |
| 1928 | Morosauridae Nopcsa p. 184 |
| 1936 | Morosauridae Swinton p. 209 |
| 1937 | Morosauridae Roxo |
| 1967 | Morosauridae Charig p. 713 |
| 1978 | Morosauridae Bonaparte p. 431 |
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Fm. †Morosauridae Marsh 1882
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| K. A. v. Zittel 1890 | Schädelbasis mit Meiner Fossa pituitaria. Praesacrale Wirbel opisthocöl.
Halswirbel lang und schmal. Schwanzwirbel und Sacralwirbel massiv; Haemapophysen an zwei Gelenkfacetten befestigt. Rückenmarkcanal namentlich in der Sacralregion stark eriveitert. Distalende der Scapula etwas verbreitert; Sitzbein nach hinten und unten gerichtet, distal nicht verbreitert, der Schaft um 90° gedreht, so dass in der Symphyse nicht die Enden, sondern die Seitenränder zusammenstossen. | |
| R. S. Lull 1924 | Cervical and dorsal vertebrae opisthocoelous and cavernous, with paired neural spines; sacral and caudal vertebrae solid; scapula having proximal end strongly broadened and distal end less so; fore limbs substantially shorter than hind; Upper Jurassic to Comanchian. | |
| B. F. Nopcsa 1928 | teth strong; neural spines of anterior dorsals simple; anterior limbs short |
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| Reference: Marsh 1875 | |||||
Collections
No collection or age range data are available