Pronunciation: YOO-ree-PO-duh
Author: Sereno PC
Year: 1986
Meaning: Wide feet (see etymology)
Locomotion: Quadrupedal (4 legs) + bipedal (2 legs)
Synonyms: None known
Author: Sereno PC
Year: 1986
Meaning: Wide feet (see etymology)
Locomotion: Quadrupedal (4 legs) + bipedal (2 legs)
Synonyms: None known
[Sereno, 1998]Definition
Ankylosaurus, Stegosaurus, their most recent common ancestor and all descendents.
About
Eurypoda is basically Thyreophora without the basal (non ankylosaurid, non stegosaurid) thyreophorans, which currently amount to Scutellosaurus and Scelidosaurus.
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Etymology
Eurypoda is derived from the Greek "eurys" (wide, broad), "pod" (foot) and "-a" (plural).
Relationships
References
• Sereno PC (1986) "Phylogeny of the bird-hipped dinosaurs (Order Ornithischia)". National Geographic Research, 2: 234–256.
• Sereno PC (1998) "A rationale for phylogenetic definitions, with application to the higher-level taxonomy of Dinosauria". Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen, 210(1): 41-83. DOI: 10.1127/njgpa/210/1998/41.
• Butler RJ, Upchurch P and Norman DB (2008) "The phylogeny of the ornithischian dinosaurs". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, 6(1): 1-40.
DOI: 10.1017/S1477201907002271.
