clade · 123 represented species
Dinosauria
Dinosauria includes the most recent common ancestor of Triceratops and modern birds, together with all of its descendants.
Definition
Characteristics and significance
Dinosaurs originated during the Triassic and diversified into terrestrial lineages with a wide range of body plans. Birds are the surviving dinosaur lineage.
- Limbs held beneath the body
- Perforated hip socket in the ancestral body plan
- Specialized ankle and hind-limb joints
Name meaning: Terrible lizards
Branch structure
Direct branches in this dataset
Representative taxa
Dinosaurs in this branch
A large Early Jurassic predator from Navajo Nation lands in Arizona, distinguished by two thin crests built from several skull bones. It was far larger and more powerfully constructed than its small, venom-spitting film counterpart—and no fossil supports either venom or a neck frill.
Distribution
Geographic record
Argentina · United States · Madagascar · India · Egypt · Morocco · Niger · United Kingdom · Algeria · Spain · Germany · France · China · Mexico · Mongolia · Canada · Antarctica · Switzerland · Zimbabwe · Thailand · Tanzania · Portugal · South Africa · South Korea · Belgium · Russia · Australia
Country-level summary of represented seed records, not a complete range map.
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