Pronunciation: se-RAT-o-SOR-ree-uh
Author: Othniel Charles Marsh
Year: 1884
Etymology: Horned Lizards (see etymology)
Locomotion: Bipedal (two legs)
Synonyms: None known
Author: Othniel Charles Marsh
Year: 1884
Etymology: Horned Lizards (see etymology)
Locomotion: Bipedal (two legs)
Synonyms: None known
[Sereno, 2005]Definition
The most inclusive clade containing Ceratosaurus nasicornis but not Passer domesticus (house sparrow).
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Etymology
Ceratosauria is derived from the Greek "keras" (horn), "sauros" (lizard), and "-ia" (neuter plural), referring to their nose horns and close relationship to Ceratosaurus: the "Horned lizard".
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References
• Marsh OC (1884) "The Classification and Affinities of Dinosaurian Reptiles". Nature, 31(786): 68-69. DOI: 10.1038/031068a0
• Tykoski RS and Rowe T (2004) "Ceratosauria". In Weishampel, Dodson and Osmólska (eds.) "The Dinosauria: Second Edition".
• Carrano MT and Sampson SD (2008) "The Phylogeny of Ceratosauria". 
. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, 6(2): 183-236. DOI: 10.1017/S1477201907002246
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Delcourt R (2018) "Ceratosaur paleobiology: new insights on evolution and ecology of the southern rulers". Scientific Reports 8(1): 9730
• Dal Sasso C, Maganuco S, Cau A (2018) "The oldest ceratosaurian (Dinosauria: Theropoda), from the Lower Jurassic of Italy, sheds light on the evolution of the three-fingered hand of birds". PeerJ 6:e5976 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.5976
. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, 6(2): 183-236. DOI: 10.1017/S1477201907002246
•
Delcourt R (2018) "Ceratosaur paleobiology: new insights on evolution and ecology of the southern rulers". Scientific Reports 8(1): 9730
• Dal Sasso C, Maganuco S, Cau A (2018) "The oldest ceratosaurian (Dinosauria: Theropoda), from the Lower Jurassic of Italy, sheds light on the evolution of the three-fingered hand of birds". PeerJ 6:e5976 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.5976
