Dinosauria
Ornithischia
Cerapoda
Ornithopoda
Iguanodontia
Ankylopollexia
Styracosterna
Hadrosauriformes
Hadrosauroidea
Hadrosauridae
Pronunciation: HAD-ro-SOR-rih-day
Author: E.D. Cope
Year: 1869
Meaning: Heavy Lizards (see etymology)
Locomotion: Primarily bipedal (2 legs)
Synonyms: Trachodontidae (Lydekker, 1888)
Saurolophidae (Brown, 1914)
Lambeosauridae (Parks, 1923)
Cheneosauridae (Lull & Wright, 1942)
Author: E.D. Cope
Year: 1869
Meaning: Heavy Lizards (see etymology)
Locomotion: Primarily bipedal (2 legs)
Synonyms: Trachodontidae (Lydekker, 1888)
Saurolophidae (Brown, 1914)
Lambeosauridae (Parks, 1923)
Cheneosauridae (Lull & Wright, 1942)
[Sereno, 2005]Definition
The least inclusive clade containing Saurolophus osborni and Parasaurolophus walkeri, and including Hadrosaurus foulkii.
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Etymology
Hadrosauridae is derived from the Greek "hadros" (heavy, bulky, sturdy, powerful), "sauros" (lizard) and "idae" (family), named for one of the group anchors, Hadrosaurus.
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References
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• Prieto-Marquez A (2010) "Global historical biogeography of hadrosaurid dinosaurs". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 159(2): 503-525.
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2010.00642.x
• Prieto-Márquez A (2010) "Global phylogeny of Hadrosauridae (Dinosauria: Ornithopoda) using parsimony and Bayesian methods". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 159(2): 435-502.
• Williams VS, Barrett PM and Purnell MA (2009) "Quantitative analysis of dental microwear in hadrosaurid dinosaurs, and the implications for hypotheses of jaw mechanics and feeding". PNAS July 7, 2009, vol. 106, no. 27 11194-11199
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• Chin K (2007) "The Paleobiological Implications of Herbivorous Dinosaur Coprolites from the Upper Cretaceous Two Medicine Formation of Montana: Why Eat Wood?". PALAIOS. 22 (5): 554.
• Takasaki R and Kobayashi Y (2022) "Beak morphology and limb proportions as adaptations of hadrosaurid foraging ecology".
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