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Order Saurischia
Order Saurischia
Order Saurischia
Suborder Theropoda
o †Infraorder Herrerasauria
o †Infraorder Coelophysoidea
o †Infraorder Ceratosauria+
†Division Neoceratosauria+
†Subdivision Abelisauroidea
†Family Abelisauridae
†Family Noasauridae
†Subdivision Ceratosauridae
o Infraorder Tetanurae
†Division Megalosauria
†Subdivision Spinosauroidea
†Family Megalosauridae
†Family Spinosauridae
†Division Carnosauria
†Subdivision Allosauroidea
†Family Allosauridae
†Family Carcharodontosauridae
†Family Neovenatoridae
†Family Metriacanthosauridae
Division Coelurosauria
†Family Coeluridae
Subdivision Maniraptoriformes
†Family Tyrannosauridae
†Family Ornithomimidae
Infradivision Maniraptora
†Family Alvarezsauridae
†Family Therizinosauridae
†Cohort Deinonychosauria
†Family Troodontidae
†Family Dromaeosauridae
Class Aves
†Suborder Sauropodomorpha
o †Thecodontosaurus
o †Family Plateosauridae
o †Riojasaurus
o †Family Massospondylidae
o †Infraorder Sauropoda
†Family Vulcanodontidae
†Family Omeisauridae
†Division Neosauropoda
†Family Cetiosauridae
†Family Diplodocidae
†Subdivision Macronaria
†Family Camarasauridae
†Infradivision Titanosauriformes
†Family Brachiosauridae
†Cohort Somphospondyli
†Family Euhelopodidae
†Family Titanosauridae
†Family Pisanosauridae
†Family Fabrosauridae
†Suborder Thyreophora
o †Family Scelidosauridae
o †Infraorder Stegosauria
o †Infraorder Ankylosauria
†Family Nodosauridae
†Family Ankylosauridae
†Suborder Cerapoda
o †Infraorder Pachycephalosauria
o †Infraorder Ceratopsia
†Family Psittacosauridae
†Family Protoceratopsidae
†Family Ceratopsidae
o †Infraorder Ornithopoda
†Family Heterodontosauridae
†Family Hypsilophodontidae
†Family Iguanodontidae *
†Family Hadrosauridae
Weishampel/Dodson/Osmólska classification[edit]
The following is based on the second edition of The Dinosauria,[5] 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 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 [edit]
(Triceratops/Stegosaurus)
Herrerasauria (Herrerasaurus > Liliensternus, Plateosaurus)
o Herrerasauridae (Herrerasaurus + Staurikosaurus)
? Eoraptor lunensis
Sauropodomorpha (Saltasaurus > Theropoda)
o ? Saturnalia tupiniquim
o ? Thecodontosauridae
o Prosauropoda (Plateosaurus > Sauropoda)
? Thecodontosauridae
? Anchisauria (Anchisaurus + Melanorosaurus)
? Anchisauridae (Anchisaurus > Melanorosaurus)
? Melanorosauridae (Melanorosaurus > Anchisaurus)
Plateosauria (Jingshanosaurus + Plateosaurus)
Massospondylidae
Yunnanosauridae
Plateosauridae (Plateosaurus > Yunnanosaurus, Massospondylus)
o 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)
Therizinosauroidea (Therizinosaurus + Beipiaosaurus)
Alxasauridae
Therizinosauridae
Deinonychosauria (D. antirrhopus > P.
domesticus or Dromaeosaurus albertensis + Troodon form
osus)
o Troodontidae (T.
formosus > Velociraptor mongoliensis)
o Dromaeosauridae (Microraptor zhaoianus + Sinornitho
saurus millenii + V. mongoliensis)
Avialae (Archaeopteryx + Neornithes)
Ornithischia [edit]
(Iguanodon/Triceratops > Cetiosaurus/Tyrannosaurus)
? Lesothosaurus diagnosticus
? Heterodontosauridae
Genasauria (Ankylosaurus + Triceratops)
o 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 burgei
Shamosaurus scutatus
Ankylosaurinae (Ankylosaurus > Shamosaurus)
Nodosauridae (Panoplosaurus > Ankylosaurus)
o 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 + Coryt
hosaurus)
o Telmatosaurus transsylvanicus
o 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
Order Saurischia[edit]
Suborder Theropoda
o †Infraorder Herrerasauria
o †Infraorder Coelophysoidea
o †Infraorder Ceratosauria+
†Division Neoceratosauria+
†Subdivision Abelisauroidea
†Family Abelisauridae
†Family Noasauridae
†Subdivision Ceratosauridae
o Infraorder Tetanurae
†Division Megalosauria
†Subdivision Spinosauroidea
†Family Megalosauridae
†Family Spinosauridae
†Division Carnosauria
†Subdivision Allosauroidea
†Family Allosauridae
†Family Carcharodontosauridae
†Family Neovenatoridae
†Family Metriacanthosauridae
Division Coelurosauria
†Family Coeluridae
Subdivision Maniraptoriformes
†Family Tyrannosauridae
†Family Ornithomimidae
Infradivision Maniraptora
†Family Alvarezsauridae
†Family Therizinosauridae
†Cohort Deinonychosauria
†Family Troodontidae
†Family Dromaeosauridae
Class Aves
†Suborder Sauropodomorpha
o †Thecodontosaurus
o †Family Plateosauridae
o †Riojasaurus
o †Family Massospondylidae
o †Infraorder Sauropoda
†Family Vulcanodontidae
†Family Omeisauridae
†Division Neosauropoda
†Family Cetiosauridae
†Family Diplodocidae
†Subdivision Macronaria
†Family Camarasauridae
†Infradivision Titanosauriformes
†Family Brachiosauridae
†Cohort Somphospondyli
†Family Euhelopodidae
†Family Titanosauridae
†Family Pisanosauridae
†Family Fabrosauridae
†Suborder Thyreophora
o †Family Scelidosauridae
o †Infraorder Stegosauria
o †Infraorder Ankylosauria
†Family Nodosauridae
†Family Ankylosauridae
†Suborder Cerapoda
o †Infraorder Pachycephalosauria
o †Infraorder Ceratopsia
†Family Psittacosauridae
†Family Protoceratopsidae
†Family Ceratopsidae
o †Infraorder Ornithopoda
†Family Heterodontosauridae
†Family Hypsilophodontidae
†Family Iguanodontidae *
†Family Hadrosauridae
Weishampel/Dodson/Osmólska classification[edit]
The following is based on the second edition of The Dinosauria,[5] 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 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 [edit]
(Triceratops/Stegosaurus)
Herrerasauria (Herrerasaurus > Liliensternus, Plateosaurus)
o Herrerasauridae (Herrerasaurus + Staurikosaurus)
? Eoraptor lunensis
Sauropodomorpha (Saltasaurus > Theropoda)
o ? Saturnalia tupiniquim
o ? Thecodontosauridae
o Prosauropoda (Plateosaurus > Sauropoda)
? Thecodontosauridae
? Anchisauria (Anchisaurus + Melanorosaurus)
? Anchisauridae (Anchisaurus > Melanorosaurus)
? Melanorosauridae (Melanorosaurus > Anchisaurus)
Plateosauria (Jingshanosaurus + Plateosaurus)
Massospondylidae
Yunnanosauridae
Plateosauridae (Plateosaurus > Yunnanosaurus, Massospondylus)
o 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)
Therizinosauroidea (Therizinosaurus + Beipiaosaurus)
Alxasauridae
Therizinosauridae
Paraves (P. domesticus > O. philoceratops)
Eumaniraptora (P. domesticus + D. antirrhopus)
Deinonychosauria (D. antirrhopus > P.
domesticus or Dromaeosaurus albertensis + Troodon form
osus)
o Troodontidae (T.
formosus > Velociraptor mongoliensis)
o Dromaeosauridae (Microraptor zhaoianus + Sinornitho
saurus millenii + V. mongoliensis)
Avialae (Archaeopteryx + Neornithes)
Ornithischia [edit]
(Iguanodon/Triceratops > Cetiosaurus/Tyrannosaurus)
? Lesothosaurus diagnosticus
? Heterodontosauridae
Genasauria (Ankylosaurus + Triceratops)
o 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 burgei
Shamosaurus scutatus
Ankylosaurinae (Ankylosaurus > Shamosaurus)
Nodosauridae (Panoplosaurus > Ankylosaurus)
o 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 + Coryt
hosaurus)
o Telmatosaurus transsylvanicus
o 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
Order Saurischia[edit]
Suborder Theropoda
o †Infraorder Herrerasauria
o †Infraorder Coelophysoidea
o †Infraorder Ceratosauria+
†Division Neoceratosauria+
†Subdivision Abelisauroidea
†Family Abelisauridae
†Family Noasauridae
†Subdivision Ceratosauridae
o Infraorder Tetanurae
†Division Megalosauria
†Subdivision Spinosauroidea
†Family Megalosauridae
†Family Spinosauridae
†Division Carnosauria
†Subdivision Allosauroidea
†Family Allosauridae
†Family Carcharodontosauridae
†Family Neovenatoridae
†Family Metriacanthosauridae
Division Coelurosauria
†Family Coeluridae
Subdivision Maniraptoriformes
†Family Tyrannosauridae
†Family Ornithomimidae
Infradivision Maniraptora
†Family Alvarezsauridae
†Family Therizinosauridae
†Cohort Deinonychosauria
†Family Troodontidae
†Family Dromaeosauridae
Class Aves
†Suborder Sauropodomorpha
o †Thecodontosaurus
o †Family Plateosauridae
o †Riojasaurus
o †Family Massospondylidae
o †Infraorder Sauropoda
†Family Vulcanodontidae
†Family Omeisauridae
†Division Neosauropoda
†Family Cetiosauridae
†Family Diplodocidae
†Subdivision Macronaria
†Family Camarasauridae
†Infradivision Titanosauriformes
†Family Brachiosauridae
†Cohort Somphospondyli
†Family Euhelopodidae
†Family Titanosauridae
†Family Pisanosauridae
†Family Fabrosauridae
†Suborder Thyreophora
o †Family Scelidosauridae
o †Infraorder Stegosauria
o †Infraorder Ankylosauria
†Family Nodosauridae
†Family Ankylosauridae
†Suborder Cerapoda
o †Infraorder Pachycephalosauria
o †Infraorder Ceratopsia
†Family Psittacosauridae
†Family Protoceratopsidae
†Family Ceratopsidae
o †Infraorder Ornithopoda
†Family Heterodontosauridae
†Family Hypsilophodontidae
†Family Iguanodontidae *
†Family Hadrosauridae
Weishampel/Dodson/Osmólska classification[edit]
The following is based on the second edition of The Dinosauria,[5] 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 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 [edit]
(Triceratops/Stegosaurus)
Herrerasauria (Herrerasaurus > Liliensternus, Plateosaurus)
o Herrerasauridae (Herrerasaurus + Staurikosaurus)
? Eoraptor lunensis
Sauropodomorpha (Saltasaurus > Theropoda)
o ? Saturnalia tupiniquim
o ? Thecodontosauridae
o Prosauropoda (Plateosaurus > Sauropoda)
? Thecodontosauridae
? Anchisauria (Anchisaurus + Melanorosaurus)
? Anchisauridae (Anchisaurus > Melanorosaurus)
? Melanorosauridae (Melanorosaurus > Anchisaurus)
Plateosauria (Jingshanosaurus + Plateosaurus)
Massospondylidae
Yunnanosauridae
Plateosauridae (Plateosaurus > Yunnanosaurus, Massospondylus)
o 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)
Therizinosauroidea (Therizinosaurus + Beipiaosaurus)
Alxasauridae
Therizinosauridae
Deinonychosauria (D. antirrhopus > P.
domesticus or Dromaeosaurus albertensis + Troodon form
osus)
o Troodontidae (T.
formosus > Velociraptor mongoliensis)
o Dromaeosauridae (Microraptor zhaoianus + Sinornitho
saurus millenii + V. mongoliensis)
Avialae (Archaeopteryx + Neornithes)
Ornithischia [edit]
(Iguanodon/Triceratops > Cetiosaurus/Tyrannosaurus)
? Lesothosaurus diagnosticus
? Heterodontosauridae
Genasauria (Ankylosaurus + Triceratops)
o 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 burgei
Shamosaurus scutatus
Ankylosaurinae (Ankylosaurus > Shamosaurus)
Nodosauridae (Panoplosaurus > Ankylosaurus)
o 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 + Coryt
hosaurus)
o Telmatosaurus transsylvanicus
o 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