Pronunciation: HEH-tuh-ro-DON-toe-SOR-uh-day
Author: Kuhn
Year: 1966
Meaning: Different-toothed lizards (see etymology)
Locomotion: Bipedal (two legs)
Synonyms: Lycorhinidae (Thulborn, 1971)
Pisanosauridae (Casamiquela, 1967)
Author: Kuhn
Year: 1966
Meaning: Different-toothed lizards (see etymology)
Locomotion: Bipedal (two legs)
Synonyms: Lycorhinidae (Thulborn, 1971)
Pisanosauridae (Casamiquela, 1967)
[Sereno, 2005]Definition
The most inclusive clade containing Heterodontosaurus tucki but not Parasaurolophus walkeri, Pachycephalosaurus wyomingensis, Triceratops horridus, and Ankylosaurus magniventris.
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Etymology
Heterodontosauridae is derived from the Greek "heteros" (different), "odont" (tooth), "sauros" lizard and "idae" (family), named for the group anchor Heterodontosaurus, the "different-toothed lizard".
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References
• Kuhn O (1966) "Die Reptilien, System und Stammesgeschichte". Krailling bei München, Verlag Oeben.
• Weishampel DB and Witmer LM (1990) "Heterodontosauridae". Page 486-497 in Weishampel, Dodson and Osmólska (eds.) "The Dinosauria: First Edition".
• Santa Luca AP (1980) "The postcranial skeleton of Heterodontosaurus tucki (Reptilia, Ornithischia) from the Stormberg of South Africa". Annals of the South African Museum. 79(7): 159–211.
• Sereno PC (2012) "Taxonomy, morphology, masticatory function and phylogeny of heterodontosaurid dinosaurs". ZooKeys, 226(226): 1-225. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.223.2840
• Norman DB, Sues H-D, Witmer LM and Coria RA (2004) "Basal Ornithopoda". Page 393-412 in Weishampel, Dodson and Osmólska (eds.) "The Dinosauria: Second Edition".
• Galton PM (2007) "Teeth of ornithischian dinosaurs (mostly Ornithopoda) from the Morrison Formation (Upper Jurassic) of the western United States". Page 17-47 in Carpenter K (ed.) "Horns and Beaks: Ceratopsian and Ornithopod Dinosaurs".
• Butler RJ, Galton PM, Porro LB, Chiappe LM, Henderson DM and Erickson GM (2010). "Lower limits of ornithischian dinosaur body size inferred from a new Upper Jurassic heterodontosaurid from North America". Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 277(1680): 375–381. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2009.1494
• Galton PM (2014) "Notes on the postcranial anatomy of the heterodontosaurid dinosaur Heterodontosaurus tucki, a basal ornithischian from the Lower Jurassic of South Africa". Revue de Paleobiologie, 33(1): 97-141
