Pronunciation: TET-a-NOO-ray
Author: Jacques Armand Gauthier
Year: 1986
Etymology: Stiff tails (see etymology)
Locomotion: Bipedal (2 legs)
Synonyms: Dinoaves (Bakker, 1986),
Avipoda (Novas, 1992),
Tenarurae (Chure and McIntosh, misspelling)
Avipoda (Novas, 1992),
Tenarurae (Chure and McIntosh, misspelling)
[Sereno, 2005]Definition
The most inclusive clade containing Passer domesticus (House Sparrow) but not Ceratosaurus nasicornis and Carnotaurus sastrei.
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Etymology
Tetanurae is derived from Greek "tetanos" (stiff) and "oura" (tail).
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References
• Gauthier JA (1986) "Saurischian monophyly and the origin of birds". In Padian (ed.) "The Origin of Birds and the Evolution of Flight".
Memoirs of the California Academy of Sciences, 8: 1-55.
• Bakker RT (1986) "The Dinosaur Heresies".
• Paul GS (1988) "Predatory Dinosaurs of the World".
• Carpenter K and Currie PJ (1992) "Dinosaur Systematics: Approaches and Perspectives".
• Novas FE (1992) "La evolucion de los dinosaurios carnivoros" [The evolution of carnivorous dinosaurs]. In Sanz and Buscalioni (eds.) "Los Dinosaurios y Su Entorno Biotico: Actas del Segundo Curso de Paleontologia in Cuenca". Instituto "Juan Valdez", Cuenca, Argentina.
• Currie PJ and Padia K (1997)"Encyclopedia of dinosaurs".
• Carrano MT, Benson RBJ and Sampson SD (2012) "The phylogeny of Tetanurae (Dinosauria: Theropoda)". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, 10(2): 211-300. DOI: 10.1080/14772019.2011.630927.
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