Scelidosaurus
Taxonavigation
Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Olfactores
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Cladus: Sauropsida
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Cladus: Diapsida
Cladus: Neodiapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Cladus: Archelosauria
Cladus: Archosauromorpha
Cladus: Crocopoda
Cladus: Archosauriformes
Cladus: Eucrocopoda
Cladus: Archosauria
Cladus: Avemetatarsalia
Cladus: Ornithodira
Cladus: Dinosauromorpha
Cladus: Dinosauriformes
Cladus: Dracohors
Cladus: Dinosauria
Ordo: †Ornithischia
Cladus: †Genasauria
Cladus: †Thyreophora
Familia: †Scelidosauridae
Genus: †Scelidosaurus
Species (1): †S. harrisonii
Name
- †Scelidosaurus Owen, 1859: 150 [conserved name]
Type species: †Scelidosaurus harrisonii Owen, 1861, by subsequent monotypy.
Placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology (Opinion 1788).
References
Primary references
- Owen, R. 1859. Palaeontology. pp 91–176 in Encyclopaedia Britannica 8th edition. Volume 17. Adam & Cahrles Black: Edinburgh. 815 pp.
- Charig, A.J. & Newman, B.H. 1992. Case 2857. Scelidosaurus harrisonii Owen, 1861 (Reptilia, Ornithischia): proposed replacement of inappropriate lectotype. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 49(4): 280–283. BHL Reference page.
- International Commisision on Zoological Nomenclature 1994. Opinion 1788. Scelidosaurus harrisonii Owen, 1861 (Reptilia, Ornithischia): lectotype replaced. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 51(3): 288. BHL Reference page.
Additional references
- Norman, D.B., Witmer, L.M. & Weishampel, D.B. 2004. Basal Thyreophora. Pp. 335–342 in Weishampel, D.B., Dodson, P. & Osmólska, H. (eds.), The Dinosauria. 2nd edition. University of California Press: Berkeley, California. ISBN 9780520254084. Reference page.
- Butler, R.J., Upchurch, P. & Norman, D.B. 2008. The phylogeny of ornithischian dinosaurs. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 6(1): 1–40. DOI: 10.1017/S1477201907002271 ResearchGate Reference page.
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