Omeisauridae

Omeisauridae
Omeisauridae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sauropsida
Superorder: Dinosauria
Order: Saurischia
Suborder: Sauropodomorpha
Infraorder: Sauropoda
Family: Omeisauridae

Omeisauridae is a family of sauropods. Wilson, when naming the family in 2002, included Omeisaurus and Mamenchisaurus,[1] but if Mamenchisaurus is included, Mamenchisauridae has priority, as it was named in 1972. The term 'Omeisauridae' is unlikely to survive based on this, especially as Mamenchisaurus is firmly classified in Mamenchisauridae with other close relatives (i.e. Eomamenchisaurus, etc.) and Omeisaurus is often classified in both Euhelopodidae and Mamenchisauridae in its present sense.

References

  1. ^ J. A. Wilson. 2002. "Sauropod dinosaur phylogeny: critique and cladistic analysis". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 136:217-276.
  • The Sauropods: Evolution and Paleobiology by Kristina Curry Rogers and Jeffrey Wilson (page 19)
  • Vertebrate Palaeontology by Michael J. Benton
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