Dinosauria
Ornithischia
Cerapoda
Ornithopoda
Iguanodontia
Dryomorpha
Ankylopollexia
Camptosauridae
Pronunciation: KAMP-toe-SOR-uh-day
Author: Marsh
Year: 1885
Meaning: Flexible lizard family (see etymology)
Locomotion: Bipedal or quadrupedal (2 or 4 legs)
Synonyms: Camptonotidae (Marsh, 1881)
Author: Marsh
Year: 1885
Meaning: Flexible lizard family (see etymology)
Locomotion: Bipedal or quadrupedal (2 or 4 legs)
Synonyms: Camptonotidae (Marsh, 1881)
(Sereno, 2005)Definition
The most inclusive clade containing Camptosaurus dispar but not
Parasaurolophus walkeri.
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Etymology
Camptosauridae is derived from the Greek "kamptos" (bent/flexible), "sauros" (lizard) and "-idae" (family), named for group anchor Camptosaurus dispar — the flexible lizard — whose "sacral vertebra are not co-ossified" (Marsh, 1879) but were presumed to be flexible because of "peculiar peg-and-notch articulation" (Marsh, 1894). Relationships
References
• Marsh OC (1879) "Notice of new Jurassic reptiles". American Journal of Science and Arts, 18(108): 501-505. DOI: 10.2475/ajs.s3-18.108.501 [names Camptonotus.]
• Marsh OC (1881) "Principal characters of American Jurassic dinosaurs. Part V". The American Journal of Science and Arts, series 3 21: 417-423. [coins Camptonotidae.]
• Marsh OC (1885) "Names of extinct reptiles". American Journal of Science. 29: 169. [coins Camptosauridae.]
• Gilmore CW (1909) "Osteology of the Jurassic reptile Camptosaurus, with a revision of the species of the genus, and descriptions of two new species". Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 36(1666): 197–332. DOI: 10.5479/si.00963801.36-1666.197
• Galton PM and Powell HP (1980) "The ornithischian dinosaur Camptosaurus prestwichii from the Upper Jurassic of England". Palaeontology. 23: 411–443.
• Paul GS (2010) "The Princeton Field Guide to Dinosaurs".
• McDonald AT (2011) "The taxonomy of species assigned to Camptosaurus (Dinosauria: Ornithopoda)". Zootaxa 2783(2783): 52-68.
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2783.1.4
