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Dinosaur classification
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Dinosaurs are divided into two orders, the Saurischia and the Ornithischia, on the basis of their hip structure.
- Saurischia (from the Greek meaning "lizard hip") include all the theropods (bipedal carnivores) and sauropods (long-necked herbivores).
- Ornithischia (from the Greek meaning "bird-hip") is the other dinosauria order, most of which were quadrupedal herbivores.
Order Ornithischia
- Main Article: Ornithischia (Bird-hipped)
Suborder: Thyreophora (armored dinosaurs)
- Infraorder: Ankylosauria
- * Ankylosauridae
- * Nodosauridae
- * Scelidosauridae
- Infraorder: Stegosauria
- * Huayangosauridae
- * Stegosauridae
Suborder Cerapoda:
- Infraorder: Ceratopsia
- * Ceratopsidae (horned dinosaurs)
- * Chaoyangsauridae
- * Psittacosauridae
- * Neoceratopsia
- Infraorder: Ornithopoda (bird-footed)
- * Hypsilophodontidae
- * Iguanodontidae
- * Hadrosauridae (duck-billed dinosaurs)
- Infraorder: Pachycephalosauria
- * Pachycephalosauridae
- * Goyocephala [1]
Order Saurischia
- Main Article: Saurischia (lizard-hipped)
Suborder Sauropodomorpha
- Infraorder Sauropoda
Dinosaurs
Suborder Theropoda
- Infraorder Prosauropoda
References
- ↑ Ornithischia by Wikispecies
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