Massospondylidae
| Massospondylidae Temporal range: Late Triassic - Early Jurassic
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| An example of Massospondylidae, Lufengosaurus. | |
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Massospondylidae is a dinosaur family of the Infraorder Prosauropoda. The Massospondylidae were part of the suborder Sauropodomorpha, which were long-necked, herbivorous dinosaurs. Massospondylidae may include Adeopapposaurus, Coloradisaurus, Glacialisaurus, Lufengosaurus, Massospondylus, Yunnanosaurus, and Jingshanosaurus; recent phylogenetic analyses have found a core of Coloradisaurus, Lufengosaurus and Massospondylus,[1] potentially with Glacialisaurus[2] and Adeopapposaurus.[3]
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References
- ^ a b Yates, Adam M. (2007), "The first complete skull of the Triassic dinosaur Melanorosaurus Haughton (Sauropodomorpha: Anchisauria)", in Barrett, Paul M.; Batten, David J. (eds.), Special Papers in Palaeontology, vol. 77, London: The Palaeontological Assoc., pp. 9–55, ISBN 9781405169332
- ^ Smith, Nathan D. (2007). "Anatomy of a basal sauropodomorph dinosaur from the Early Jurassic Hanson Formation of Antarctica" (pdf). Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 52 (4): 657–674.
{{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help) - ^ Martínez, Ricardo N. (2009). "Adeopapposaurus mognai, gen. et sp. nov (Dinosauria: Sauropodomorpha), with comments on adaptations of basal sauropodomorpha". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 29 (1): 142–164. doi:10.1671/039.029.0102.
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