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Melanorosauridae (melanorosaurid)
Taxonomy
Melanorosauridae was named by Huene (1929). Its type is Melanorosaurus.
It was synonymized subjectively with Plateosauridae by Heerden (1979).
It was assigned to Prosauropoda by Kuhn (1946) and Parsch (1963); to Sauropoda by Reig (1970); to Plateosauria by Colbert (1964) and Colbert (1970); to Prosauropoda by Ellenberger (1970); to Prosauropoda by Knoll (2004); to Anchisauria by Galton and Upchurch (2004); to Sauropoda by Knoll (2005); to Prosauropoda by Huene (1929), Huene (1941), Huene (1948), Haughton and Brink (1954), Romer (1956), Kuhn (1966), Romer (1966), Charig (1967), Steel (1970), Swinton (1970), Bonaparte (1971), Galton (1971), Raath (1972), Benedetto (1973), Galton and Cluver (1976), Bonaparte (1978), Anderson and Cruickshank (1978), Benton (1979), Ostrom (1980), Attridge et al. (1985), Battail (1986), Carroll (1988), Gauffre (1993), Bonaparte and Pumares (1995), Galton and Van Heerden (1998), Galton (1998) and Galton et al. (2005); and to Sauropodomorpha by Naish and Martill (2007).
It was synonymized subjectively with Plateosauridae by Heerden (1979).
It was assigned to Prosauropoda by Kuhn (1946) and Parsch (1963); to Sauropoda by Reig (1970); to Plateosauria by Colbert (1964) and Colbert (1970); to Prosauropoda by Ellenberger (1970); to Prosauropoda by Knoll (2004); to Anchisauria by Galton and Upchurch (2004); to Sauropoda by Knoll (2005); to Prosauropoda by Huene (1929), Huene (1941), Huene (1948), Haughton and Brink (1954), Romer (1956), Kuhn (1966), Romer (1966), Charig (1967), Steel (1970), Swinton (1970), Bonaparte (1971), Galton (1971), Raath (1972), Benedetto (1973), Galton and Cluver (1976), Bonaparte (1978), Anderson and Cruickshank (1978), Benton (1979), Ostrom (1980), Attridge et al. (1985), Battail (1986), Carroll (1988), Gauffre (1993), Bonaparte and Pumares (1995), Galton and Van Heerden (1998), Galton (1998) and Galton et al. (2005); and to Sauropodomorpha by Naish and Martill (2007).
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1929 | Melanorosauridae Huene |
1941 | Melanorosauridae Huene p. 141 |
1946 | Melanorosauridae Kuhn p. 65 |
1948 | Melanorosauridae Huene p. 91 |
1954 | Melanorosauridae Haughton and Brink p. 4 |
1956 | Melanorosauridae Romer p. 618 |
1963 | Melanorosauridae Parsch p. 4 |
1964 | Melanorosauridae Colbert p. 20 fig. 6 |
1966 | Melanorosauridae Kuhn p. 97 |
1966 | Melanorosauridae Romer p. 370 |
1967 | Melanorosauridae Charig p. 712 |
1970 | Melanorosauridae Colbert p. 26 |
1970 | Melanorosauridae Ellenberger p. 345 |
1970 | Melanorosauridae Reig p. 275 |
1970 | Melanorosauridae Steel p. 56 |
1970 | Melanorosauridae Swinton p. 161 |
1971 | Melanorosauridae Bonaparte p. 131 |
1971 | Melanorosauridae Galton p. 790 |
1972 | Melanorosauridae Raath |
1973 | Melanorosauridae Benedetto |
1976 | Melanorosauridae Galton and Cluver p. 153 |
1978 | Melanorosauridae Anderson and Cruickshank p. 31 |
1978 | Melanorosauridae Bonaparte p. 316–317 |
1979 | Melanorosauridae Benton p. 143 |
1980 | Melanorosauridae Ostrom p. 22 |
1985 | Melanorosauridae Attridge et al. p. 128 |
1986 | Melanorosauridae Battail p. 49 |
1988 | Melanorosauridae Carroll |
1993 | Melanorosauridae Gauffre p. 650 |
1995 | Melanorosauridae Bonaparte and Pumares p. 342 |
1998 | Melanorosauridae Galton p. 157 |
1998 | Melanorosauridae Galton and Van Heerden p. 175 |
2004 | Melanorosauridae Galton and Upchurch pp. 250-251 fig. 12.11 |
2004 | Melanorosauridae Knoll p. 76 |
2005 | Melanorosauridae Galton et al. p. 4 |
2005 | Melanorosauridae Knoll p. 85 |
2007 | Melanorosauridae Naish and Martill p. 497 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Fm. †Melanorosauridae Huene 1929 [melanorosaurid]
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Diagnosis
Reference | Diagnosis | |
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F. v. Huene 1948 | Hindleg relatively smaller; humerus has 4/5 length of femur; leg bones solid; vertebrae light, cavernous; anterior spine of ilium relatively large and posterior extremity small. South Africa only. (Point of origin the Sauropodes). |
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 |
Age range: base of the Hettangian to the top of the Sinemurian or 201.30000 to 190.80000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Hettangian - Sinemurian | Lesotho (Mohale's Hoek) | Melanorosauridae indet. (149710) | |
Hettangian - Sinemurian | Lesotho (Mafeteng) | Melanorosauridae indet. (149709) |