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== Weishampel / Dodson / Osmólska classification== The following is based on the second edition of ''The Dinosauria'',<ref>{{harvnb|Weishampel|2004}}</ref> a compilation of articles by experts in the field that provided the most comprehensive coverage of Dinosauria available when it was first published in 1990. The second edition updates and revises that work. The cladogram and [[phylogeny|phylogenetic]] definitions below reflect the current understanding of evolutionary relationships. The taxa and symbols in parentheses after a given taxa define these relationships. The plus symbol ("+") between taxa indicates the given taxa is a node-based clade, defined as comprising all descendants of the last common ancestor of the "added" taxa. The greater-than symbol (">") indicates the given taxon is a stem-based taxon, comprising all organisms sharing a common ancestor that is not also an ancestor of the "lesser" taxon. ===Saurischia [[File:Saurischia pelvis structure.svg|frameless|40x40px]]=== (''[[Triceratops]]''/''[[Stegosaurus]]'') * [[Herrerasauria]] (''[[Herrerasaurus]]'' > ''Liliensternus'', ''[[Plateosaurus]]'') ** [[Herrerasauridae]] (''Herrerasaurus'' + ''[[Staurikosaurus]]'') * ? ''[[Eoraptor]] lunensis'' * '''[[Sauropodomorpha]]''' (''[[Saltasaurus]]'' > [[Theropoda]]) ** ? ''[[Saturnalia (dinosaur)|Saturnalia]] tupiniquim'' ** ? [[Thecodontosauridae]] ** [[Prosauropoda]] (''[[Plateosaurus]]'' > [[Sauropoda]]) *** ? [[Thecodontosauridae]] *** ? [[Anchisauria]] (''[[Anchisaurus]]'' + ''[[Melanorosaurus]]'') **** ? [[Anchisauridae]] (''Anchisaurus'' > ''Melanorosaurus'') **** ? [[Melanorosauridae]] (''Melanorosaurus'' > ''Anchisaurus'') *** [[Plateosauria]] (''[[Jingshanosaurus]]'' + ''Plateosaurus'') **** [[Massospondylidae]] **** [[Yunnanosaurus|Yunnanosauridae]] **** [[Plateosauridae]] (''Plateosaurus'' > ''Yunnanosaurus'', ''[[Massospondylus]]'') ** [[Sauropoda]] (''Saltasaurus'' > ''Plateosaurus'') *** ? [[Anchisauridae]] *** ? [[Melanorosauridae]] *** [[Blikanasauridae]] *** [[Vulcanodontidae]] *** [[Eusauropoda]] (''[[Shunosaurus]]'' + ''Saltasaurus'') **** ? [[Euhelopodidae]] **** [[Mamenchisauridae]] **** [[Cetiosauridae]] (''[[Cetiosaurus]]'' > ''Saltasaurus'') **** [[Neosauropoda]] (''[[Diplodocus]]'' + ''Saltasaurus'') ***** [[Diplodocoidea]] (''Diplodocus'' > ''Saltasaurus'') ****** [[Rebbachisauridae]] (''[[Rebbachisaurus]]'' > ''Diplodocus'') ****** [[Flagellicaudata]] ******* [[Dicraeosauridae]] (''[[Dicraeosaurus]]'' > ''Diplodocus'') ******* [[Diplodocidae]] (''Diplodocus'' > ''Dicraeosaurus'', ''[[Apatosaurus]]'') ***** [[Macronaria]] (''Saltasaurus'' > ''Diplodocus'') ****** ? ''[[Jobaria]] tiguidensis'' ****** [[Camarasauromorpha]] (''[[Camarasaurus]]'' + ''Saltasaurus'') ******* [[Camarasauridae]] ******* [[Titanosauriformes]] (''[[Brachiosaurus]]'' + ''Saltasaurus'') ******** [[Brachiosauridae]] (''Brachiosaurus'' > ''Saltasaurus'') ******** [[Titanosauria]] (''Saltasaurus'' > ''Brachiosaurus'') ********* [[Andesauridae]] ********* [[Lithostrotia]] (''[[Malawisaurus]]'' + ''Saltasaurus'') ********** ''[[Isisaurus]] colberti'' ********** ''[[Paralititan]] stromeri'' ********** [[Nemegtosauridae]] ********** [[Saltasauridae]] (''[[Opisthocoelicaudia]]'' + ''Saltasaurus'') * '''[[Theropoda]]''' (''[[Passer|Passer domesticus]]'' > ''Cetiosaurus oxoniensis'') ** ? ''[[Eoraptor]] lunensis'' ** ? [[Herrerasaur]]idae ** [[Ceratosauria]] (''[[Ceratosaurus]] nasicornis'' > [[Aves]]) *** ? [[Coelophysoidea]] (''[[Coelophysis]]'' > ''Ceratosaurus'') **** ? ''[[Dilophosaurus]] wetherilli'' **** [[Coelophysidae]] (''[[Coelophysis]]'' + ''[[Megapnosaurus]]'') *** ? [[Neoceratosauria]] (''Ceratosaurus'' > ''Coelophysis'') **** [[Ceratosauridae]] **** [[Abelisauroidea]] (''[[Carnotaurus]] sastrei'' > ''C. nasicornis'') ***** [[Abelisauria]] (''[[Noasaurus]]'' + ''[[Carnotaurus]]'') ****** [[Noasauridae]] ****** [[Abelisauridae]] (''[[Abelisaurus]] comahuensis'' + ''C. sastrei'') ******* [[Carnotaurinae]] (''Carnotaurus'' > ''Abelisaurus'') ******* [[Abelisaurinae]] (''Abelisaurus'' > ''Carnotaurus'') ** [[Tetanurae]] (''P. domesticus'' > ''C. nasicornis'') *** ? [[Spinosauroidea]] (''[[Spinosaurus]] aegyptiacus'' > ''P. domesticus'') **** [[Megalosauridae]] (''[[Megalosaurus]] bucklandii'' > ''P. domesticus'', ''S. aegyptiacus'', ''Allosaurus fragilis'') ***** [[Megalosaurinae]] (''M. bucklandii'' > ''[[Eustreptospondylus]] oxoniensis'') ***** [[Eustreptospondylinae]] (''E. oxoniensis'' > ''M. bucklandii'') **** [[Spinosauridae]] (''S. aegyptiacus'' > ''P. domesticus'', ''M. bucklandii'', ''A. fragilis'') ***** [[Baryonychinae]] (''[[Baryonyx]] walkeri'' > ''S. aegyptiacus'') ***** [[Spinosaurinae]] (''S. aegyptiacus'' > ''B. walkeri'') *** [[Avetheropoda]] (''A. fragilis'' + ''P. domesticus'') **** [[Carnosauria]] (''A. fragilis'' > [[Aves]]) ***** ? [[Spinosauroidea]] ***** ''[[Monolophosaurus]] jiangi'' ***** [[Allosauroidea]] (''A. fragilis'' + ''[[Sinraptor]] dongi'') ****** [[Allosauridae]] (''[[Allosaurus|A. fragilis]]'' > ''S. dongi'', ''[[Carcharodontosaurus]] saharicus'') ****** [[Sinraptoridae]] (''S. dongi'' > ''A. fragilis'', ''C. saharicus'') ****** [[Carcharodontosauridae]] (''C. saharicus'' > ''A. fragilis'', ''S. dongi'') **** [[Coelurosauria]] (''P. domesticus'' > ''A. fragilis'') ***** [[Compsognathidae]] (''[[Compsognathus]] longipes'' > ''P. domesticus'') ***** ''[[Proceratosaurus]] bradleyi'' ***** ''[[Ornitholestes]] hermanni'' ***** [[Tyrannoraptora]] (''[[Tyrannosaurus]] rex'' + ''P. domesticus'') ****** ''[[Coelurus]] fragilis'' ****** [[Tyrannosauroidea]] (''T. rex'' > ''[[Ornithomimus]] velox'', ''[[Deinonychus]] antirrhopus'', ''A. fragilis'') ******* [[Dryptosauridae]] ******* [[Tyrannosauridae]] (''T. rex'' + ''[[Tarbosaurus]] bataar'' + ''[[Daspletosaurus]] torosus'' + ''[[Albertosaurus]] sarcophagus'' + ''[[Gorgosaurus]] libratus'') ******** [[Tyrannosaurinae]] (''T. rex'' > ''A. sarcophagus'') ******** [[Albertosaurinae]] (''A. sarcophagus'' > ''T. rex'') ****** [[Maniraptoriformes]] (''O. velox'' + ''P. domesticus'') ******* [[Ornithomimosauria]] (''[[Gallimimus]]'' bullatus + ''[[Ornithomimus]] edmontonicus'' + ''Pelecanimimus polyodon'') ******** [[Harpymimidae]] ******** [[Garudimimidae]] ******** [[Ornithomimidae]] ******* [[Maniraptora]] (''P. domesticus'' > ''O. velox'') ******** [[Oviraptorosauria]] (''[[Oviraptor]] philoceratops'' > ''P. domesticus'') ********* [[Caenagnathoidea]] (''O. philoceratops'' + ''Caenagnathus collinsi'') ********** [[Caenagnathidae]] (''C. collinsi'' > ''O. philoceratops'') ********** [[Oviraptoridae]] (''O. philoceratops'' > ''C. collinsi'') *********** [[Oviraptorinae]] (''O. philoceratops'' + ''Citipati osmolskae'') ********* [[Therizinosauroidea]] (''[[Therizinosaurus]]'' + ''[[Beipiaosaurus]]'') ********** [[Alxasauridae]] ********** [[Therizinosauridae]] ******** [[Paraves]] (''P. domesticus'' > ''O. philoceratops'') ********* [[Eumaniraptora]] (''P. domesticus'' + ''D. antirrhopus'') ********** [[Deinonychosauria]] (''D. antirrhopus'' > ''P. domesticus'' or ''[[Dromaeosaurus]] albertensis'' + ''[[Troodon]] formosus'') *********** [[Troodontidae]] (''T. formosus'' > ''[[Velociraptor]] mongoliensis'') *********** [[Dromaeosauridae]] (''[[Microraptor]] zhaoianus'' + ''[[Sinornithosaurus]] millenii'' + ''V. mongoliensis'') ********** [[Avialae]] (''[[Archaeopteryx]]'' + Neornithes) ===Ornithischia [[File:Ornithischia pelvis structure.svg|frameless|40x40px]]=== (''[[Iguanodon]]''/''Triceratops'' > ''Cetiosaurus''/''Tyrannosaurus'') * ? ''[[Lesothosaurus]] diagnosticus'' * ? [[Heterodontosauridae]] * [[Genasauria]] (''[[Ankylosaurus]]'' + ''Triceratops'') ** '''[[Thyreophora]]''' (''Ankylosaurus'' > ''Triceratops'') *** [[Scelidosauridae]] *** [[Eurypoda]] (''Ankylosaurus'' + ''Stegosaurus'') **** [[Stegosauria]] (''Stegosaurus'' > ''Ankylosaurus'') ***** [[Huayangosauridae]] (''Huayangosaurus'' > ''Stegosaurus'') ***** [[Stegosauridae]] (''Stegosaurus'' > ''Huayangosaurus'') ****** ''[[Dacentrurus]] armatus'' ****** [[Stegosaurinae]] (''Stegosaurus'' > ''Dacentrurus'') **** [[Ankylosauria]] (''Ankylosaurus'' > ''Stegosaurus'') ***** [[Ankylosauridae]] (''Ankylosaurus'' > ''Panoplosaurus'') ****** ''[[Gastonia (dinosaur)|Gastonia]] burgei'' ****** ''[[Shamosaurus]] scutatus'' ****** [[Ankylosaurinae]] (''Ankylosaurus'' > ''Shamosaurus'') ***** [[Nodosauridae]] (''Panoplosaurus'' > ''Ankylosaurus'') ** '''[[Cerapoda]]''' (''Triceratops'' > ''Ankylosaurus'') *** [[Ornithopoda]] (''[[Edmontosaurus]]'' > ''Triceratops'') **** ? ''[[Lesothosaurus]] diagnosticus'' **** ? [[Heterodontosauridae]] **** [[Euornithopoda]] ***** ''[[Hypsilophodon]] foxii'' ***** ''[[Thescelosaurus]] neglectus'' ***** [[Iguanodontia]] (''Edmontosaurus'' > ''Thescelosaurus'') ****** ''[[Tenontosaurus]] tilletti'' ****** [[Rhabdodontidae]] ****** [[Dryomorpha]] ******* [[Dryosauridae]] ******* [[Ankylopollexia]] ******** [[Camptosauridae]] ******** [[Styracosterna]] ********* ''[[Lurdusaurus]] arenatus'' ********* [[Iguanodontoidea]] (=[[Hadrosauriformes]]) ********** [[Iguanodontidae]] ********** [[Hadrosauridae]] (''Telmatosaurus'' + ''[[Parasaurolophus]]'' + ''[[Corythosaurus]]'') *********** ''[[Telmatosaurus]] transsylvanicus'' *********** [[Euhadrosauria]] ************ [[Lambeosaurinae]] ************ [[Saurolophinae]] (=[[Hadrosaurinae]]) *** [[Marginocephalia]] **** [[Pachycephalosauria]] (''[[Pachycephalosaurus]] wyomingensis'' > ''Triceratops horridus'') ***** [[Goyocephala]] (''Goyocephale'' + ''Pachycephalosaurus'') ****** [[Homalocephaloidea]] (''[[Homalocephale]]'' + ''Pachycephalosaurus'') ******* [[Homalocephalidae]] ******* [[Pachycephalosauridae]] **** [[Ceratopsia]] (''Triceratops'' > ''Pachycephalosaurus'') ***** [[Psittacosauridae]] ***** [[Neoceratopsia]] ****** [[Coronosauria]] ******* [[Protoceratopsidae]] ******* [[Bagaceratopidae]] ******* [[Ceratopsoidea]] ******** [[Leptoceratopsidae]] ******** [[Ceratopsomorpha]] ********* [[Ceratopsidae]] (''[[Triceratops]]'' + ''[[Styracosaurus]]'') ********** [[Centrosaurinae]] ********** [[Chasmosaurinae]]
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