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The classification has been updated from the second edition in 2000 to reflect new research, but remains fundamentally conservative. Michael Benton classifies all dinosaurs within the Series Amniota , Class Sauropsida , Subclass Diapsida , Infraclass Archosauromorpha , Division Archosauria , Subdivision Avemetatarsalia , Infradivision ...
The following list of families of Carboniferous tetrapods is based mostly on Benton ed. 1993. The classification follows Benton 2004: Superclass Tetrapoda. Basal Tetrapods Family Whatcheeriidae; Family Crassigyrinidae; Family Baphetidae (Loxommatidae) Family Colosteidae; Family Caerorhachidae; Class Amphibia. Order Temnospondyli. Family ...
Note that this system was published well before there were internationally accepted rules for botanical nomenclature.It indicates a family by "ordo"; an order is indicated by "cohors" (in the first two volumes) or "series" (in the third volume); in the first two volumes “series” refers to a rank above that of order.
Dinosauromorpha is a clade of avemetatarsalians (archosaurs closer to birds than to crocodilians) that includes the Dinosauria (dinosaurs) and some of their close relatives. It was originally defined to include dinosauriforms and lagerpetids, [3] with later formulations specifically excluding pterosaurs from the group. [4]
Taxonomic rank is a classification level in biological taxonomy, such as species, genus, family, order, class, phylum, and kingdom.
The Dinosauria is an encyclopedia on dinosaurs, edited by paleontologists David B. Weishampel, Peter Dodson, and Halszka Osmólska.It has been published in two editions by the University of California Press, with the first edition in 1990 and the second edition in 2004.
Aug. 27—The Missouri State High School Activities Association released their fall sports classifications and district assignments Friday morning on the first day of competition in the state. In ...
Vertebrate Palaeontology is a basic textbook on vertebrate paleontology by Michael J. Benton, published by Blackwell's.It has so far appeared in five editions, published in 1990, 1997, 2005, 2014, and 2024.