Pronunciation: STEG-o-SOR-uh-day
Author: O.C. Marsh
Year: 1880
Meaning: Roof lizards (see etymology)
Locomotion: Quadrupedal (four legs)
Synonyms: Stegosauruinae (Sereno, 1998) = spelling error
[Sereno 2005]Definition
The most inclusive clade containing Stegosaurus stenops but not Huayangosaurus taibaii.
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Etymology
Stegosauridae is derived from the Greek " stego" (roof, cover), "sauros" (lizard) and "idae" (family),
named for the plates on their backs and their position as a family within Stegosauria.
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References
• Marsh OC (1877) "New order of extinct Reptilia (Stegosauria) from the Jurassic of the Rocky Mountains". The American Journal of Science, 3(14): 513-514.
• Maidment SCR, Norman DB, Barrett PM and Upchurch P (2008) "Systematics and phylogeny of Stegosauria (Dinosauria: Ornithischia)". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, 6(4): 1815-1821.
• Carpenter K, Miles CA and Cloward K (2001) "New Primitive Stegosaur from the Morrison Formation, Wyoming". In Carpenter K (ed) "The Armored Dinosaurs".
• Fastovsky DE and Weishampel DB (2005) "Stegosauria: Hot Plates". Page 107-130 in Fastovsky and Weishampel (eds.) "The Evolution and Extinction of the Dinosaurs".
• Maidment SCR, Norman DB, Barrett PM and Upchurch P (2008) "Systematics and phylogeny of Stegosauria (Dinosauria: Ornithischia)". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, 6(4): 367–407. DOI: 10.1017/S1477201908002459.
• Raven TJ and Maidment SCR (2017) "A new phylogeny of Stegosauria (Dinosauria, Ornithischia)". Palaeontology, 60(3): 401–408. DOI: 10.1111/pala.12291.
