- Vulcanodontidae
Taxobox
name = "Vulcanodontidae"
fossil_range =Early Jurassic
regnum =Animal ia
phylum = Chordata
classis =Sauropsid a
superordo =Dinosaur ia
ordo =Saurischia
subordo =Sauropodomorpha
infraordo =Sauropoda
familia = "Vulcanodontidae"TheEarly Jurassic sauropod dinosaur s "Zizhongosaurus ", "Barapasaurus ", "Tazoudasaurus ", and "Vulcanodon " may form a natural group of basal sauropods called the Vulcanodontidae. Basal vulcanodonts include some of the earliest known examples of sauropods. The family-level name Vulcanodontidae was erected by M.R. Cooper in 1984. In 1995 Hunt "et al." published the opinion that the family is synonymous with theBarapasauridae .References
* Cooper, M.R. (1984). "A reassessment of "Vulcanodon karibaensis" Raath (Dinosauria: Saurischia) and the origin of the Sauropoda". "Palaeontologia Africana" 25: 203–231.
* A. P. Hunt, M. G. Lockley, S. G. Lucas and C. A. Meyer (1995). "The global sauropod fossil record". "Gaia" 10: 261-279.
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