Pronunciation: seh-RAT-o-SOR-ruh-day
Author: O.C. Marsh
Year: 1884
Meaning: Horned lizards (see etymology)
Locomotion: Bipedal (two legs)
Synonyms: None known
Author: O.C. Marsh
Year: 1884
Meaning: Horned lizards (see etymology)
Locomotion: Bipedal (two legs)
Synonyms: None known
Definition
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Etymology
Ceratosauridae is derived from the Greek "keras" (horn), "sauros" (lizard), and "-idae" (family), referring to their nose horns (though we can't be certain that they all had 'em) and close relationship to Ceratosaurus: the "Horned lizard".
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References
• Marsh OC (1884) "Principal characters of American Jurassic dinosaurs. Part VIII: The order Theropoda". American Journal of Science, 27(160): 329–340. DOI: 10.2475/ajs.s3-27.160.329
• Rauhut OWM (2004) "Provenance and anatomy of Genyodectes serus, a large-toothed ceratosaur (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from Patagonia". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 24(4): 894–902. DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2004)024[0894:paaogs]2.0.co;2
• Britt B, Carpenter K, Forster CA and Gillette DD (2003) "Encyclopedia of dinosaurs".
• 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
