Dinosauromorpha

Dinosauromorphs; Temporal range: ; Middle Triassic–Present, 245–0 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N (possible Early Triassic record)
	Reconstructed skeleton of a Lagosuchus talampayensis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Ornithodira
Clade:	Dinosauromorpha; Benton, 1984
Subgroups
	†Lagerpetidae; †Lagosuchus; Dinosauriformes

Dinosauromorpha are a clade of archosaurs that includes dinosaurs and other closely related animals. Birds are the only surviving dinosauromorphs.

The name was coined by Michael J. Benton in 1984. The first clade definitions were by Paul Sereno in 1991. He defined the concept as:

The last common ancestor of Lagerpeton chanarensis, Marasuchus lilloensis, Pseudolagosuchus major and the Dinosauria (including Aves) and all its descendants.^[1]

Another term, with somewhat different coverage is Avemetatarsalia.

References

↑ Langer, M. C.; Nesbitt, S. J.; Bittencourt, J. S.; Irmis, R. B. (2013). "Non-dinosaurian Dinosauromorpha". Geological Society, London, Special Publications. 379: 157–186. doi:10.1144/SP379.9. S2CID 84303547.

[dinosauromorphs-1] Langer, M. C.; Nesbitt, S. J.; Bittencourt, J. S.; Irmis, R. B. (2013). "Non-dinosaurian Dinosauromorpha". Geological Society, London, Special Publications. 379: 157–186. doi:10.1144/SP379.9. S2CID 84303547.

[1]