clade · 73 represented species
Saurischia
Saurischia is the branch represented here by theropods and sauropodomorphs, including living birds and the long-necked sauropods.
Definition
Characteristics and significance
This branch contains both the only dinosaur lineage to survive the end-Cretaceous extinction and the largest terrestrial animals known.
- Ancestrally forward-pointing pubis
- Includes theropod and sauropodomorph body plans
Name meaning: Lizard-hipped
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
Country-level summary of represented seed records, not a complete range map.
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