Pronunciation: JEN-a-SOR-ee-uh
Author: Paul Sereno
Year: 1986
Meaning: Cheek lizards (see etymology)
Locomotion: Bipedal or Quadrupedal (two or four legs)
Synonyms: None known
Author: Paul Sereno
Year: 1986
Meaning: Cheek lizards (see etymology)
Locomotion: Bipedal or Quadrupedal (two or four legs)
Synonyms: None known
[Sereno 2005]Definition
The least inclusive clade containing Ankylosaurus magniventris, Triceratops horridus and Parasaurolophus walkeri.
About
Genasauria is a group of "bird hipped" (Ornithischian) dinosaurs that contains Thyreophora: the armoured battalion of stegosaurs and ankylosaurs, and Neornithischia: which includes the ceratopsians, pachycephalosaurs and ornithopods (collectively known as cerapodans), plus a gaggle of non-thyreophoran, non-neorhithischian, ornithischian outcasts.
Basically, Genasauria is Ornithischia without the basal ornithischians, most of which are known as "heterodontosaurids".
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Etymology
Genasauria is derived from the Latin "gena" (cheek), and the Greek "sauros" (lizard) and "-ia" (a plural-forming suffix), named for all ornithischians with
muscular cheeks.
[Butler et al., 2008]Relationships
References
• Sereno PC (1986) "Phylogeny of the bird-hipped dinosaurs (order Ornithischia)". National Geographic Research, 2(2): 234-256
• 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.
