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Melanorosauridae
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Nominal Author | Huene 1929 |
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Taxon Status | INACTIVE |
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Definition Type | Unknown |
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Critique | Galton (1990) includes many taxa under this family-level taxon. The species Melanorosaurus readi is based on a femur, to which have been referred other femora and one additional partial skeleton (Heerden and Galton (1997). Galton and Upchurch (2004) both define and find cladistic support for this group, which includes Melanorosaurus, Riojasaurus, Camelotia, and Lessemsaurus.
However, cladistic support for this assemblage remains doubtful, and so no definition is given for the taxon.
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Earliest Record | All taxa more closely related to Melanorosaurus than to Anchisaurus. |
Latest Record | Galton and Upchurch 2004:251 |
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