The phylogeny of the ornithischian dinosaurs

Citation

Butler, R. J.; Upchurch, P.; Norman, D. B. (2008). The phylogeny of the ornithischian dinosaurs. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 6(1): 1-40. doi:10.1017/S1477201907002271

Cited by genera

• Gongbusaurus

  Excluded Gongbusaurus shiyii as a tooth taxon; reported the holotype of 'G.' wucaiwanensis unlocated.

• Lesothosaurus

  Recovered Lesothosaurus as the most basal thyreophoran, on a single unambiguous character.

• Micropachycephalosaurus

  Recovered Micropachycephalosaurus with basal ceratopsians.

• Siluosaurus

  Excluded Siluosaurus from its ornithischian phylogeny as a questionable tooth-based taxon.

• Tenontosaurus

  Recovered Tenontosaurus as the sister of Dryosauridae plus Ankylopollexia, outside Rhabdodontidae.

• Xiaosaurus

  Accepts the humeral autapomorphy but leaves Xiaosaurus out of its analysis, the type material being of unknown whereabouts.

Cited by clades

• Heterodontosauridae

  Ornithischian phylogenetic analysis recovering Heterodontosauridae outside Genasauria, close to the base of Ornithischia.