Scutellosaurus lawleri
Taxonavigation
editSuperregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha
Cladus: Crurotarsi
Divisio: Archosauria
Cladus: Avemetatarsalia
Cladus: Ornithodira
Subtaxon: Dinosauromorpha
Cladus: Dinosauriformes
Cladus: Dracohors
Cladus: Dinosauria
Ordo: †Ornithischia
Cladus: †Genasauria
Cladus: †Thyreophora
Genus: †Scutellosaurus
Species: †Scutellosaurus lawleri
Name
edit- †Scutellosaurus lawleri Colbert, 1981
Holotype: MNA V175, a relatively complete skeleton.
Type locality and horizon: Rock Head, Ward Terrace, Arizona, United States; from Silty Facies of the Lower Jurassic (Hettangian or Sinemurian) Kayenta Formation of the Glen Canyon Group.
References
editPrimary references
edit- Colbert, E.H. 1981. A primitive ornithischian dinosaur from the Kayenta Formation of Arizona. Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin 53: 1–61.
Additional references
edit- Rosenbaum, J.N. & Padian, K. 2000. New material of the basal Thyreophoran Scutellosaurus lawleri from the Kayenta Formation (Lower Jurassic) of Arizona. PaleoBios 20(1): 13–23.
- Norman, D.B., Witmer, L.M. & Weishampel, D.B. 2004. Basal Thyreophora. Pp. 335–342 in Weishampel, D.B., Dodson, P. & Osmólska, H. (eds.), The Dinosauria. 2nd edition. University of California Press: Berkeley, California. ISBN 9780520254084. Reference page.
- Butler, R.J., Upchurch, P. & Norman, D.B. 2008. The phylogeny of ornithischian dinosaurs. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 6(1): 1–40. DOI: 10.1017/S1477201907002271 ResearchGate Reference page.