Dinosauromorpha
clade of reptiles belonging to the Avemetatarsalians, includes modern birds (Aves)
(Redirected from Dinosauriformes)
Dinosauromorpha are a clade of archosaurs that includes dinosaurs and other closely related animals. Birds are the only surviving dinosauromorphs.
| Dinosauromorphs | |
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| Reconstructed skeleton of a Lagosuchus talampayensis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Ornithodira |
| Clade: | Dinosauromorpha Benton, 1984 |
| Subgroups | |
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.
References
change- ↑ Langer, M. C.; Nesbitt, S. J.; Bittencourt, J. S.; Irmis, R. B. (2013). "Non-dinosaurian Dinosauromorpha". Geological Society, London, Special Publications. 379: 157–186. doi:10.1144/SP379.9. S2CID 84303547.