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| Taxon |
Stegosauridae
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| Nominal Author | Marsh 1880 |
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| Taxon Status | ACTIVE |
| Comments | Stegosauridae was first defined by Sereno (1998) as a stem-based taxon circumscribing the majority of advanced stegosaurs. The active definition is a first-order revision that uses species as specifiers (Stegosaurus stenops, Huayangosaurus taibaii). |
| Potential Synonomy | Stegosaurididae (Nopcsa 1917, spelling variant) |
| Active Phylogenetic Definition | |
| Active Definition |
The most inclusive clade containing Stegosaurus stenops Marsh 1877 but not Huayangosaurus taibaii Dong et al. 1982.
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| Shorthand |
> Stegosaurus stenops but not Huayangosaurus taibaii. |
| Definitional Author |
Sereno 2005 |
| Definition Status | checked |
| Definition Type | STEM |
| Node-Stem Triplet | NO |
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Stegosaurus stenops |
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Huayangosaurus taibaii
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| Earliest Record | All stegosaurs closer to Stegosaurus than to Huayangosaurus. |
| Latest Record | Sereno 1998:61 |
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