A new order of extinct Reptilia (Stegosauria) from the Jurassic of the Rocky Mountains

Citation

Marsh, O. C. (1877). A new order of extinct Reptilia (Stegosauria) from the Jurassic of the Rocky Mountains. American Journal of Science s3-14(84): 513-514. doi:10.2475/ajs.s3-14.84.513

Names first published here

• Stegosaurus genus
• Stegosauria clade

Cited by genera

• Stegosaurus

  Erects the genus Stegosaurus and the order Stegosauria on a partial Morrison-Formation skeleton; original type species S. armatus, later superseded by S. stenops.

Cited by clades

• Stegosauria

  Erected the order Stegosauria.