Anchisauridae

Taxobox
name = Anchisauridae

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fossil_range = Early Jurassic
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Sauropsida
superordo = Dinosauria
ordo = Saurischia
subordo = Sauropodomorpha
infraordo = Sauropoda
familia = Anchisauridae
familia_authority = Marsh, 1885The Anchisauridae were a group of early sauropodomorph dinosaurs first proposed by Othniel Charles Marsh in 1885. The clade consists of "Anchisaurus" and its nearest relatives. However, it is not clear which other genera are included in the family; many of the dinosaurs once included have since been moved elsewhere. The family is not used much in current taxonomies; Benton (2004) does not list the clade. The anchisaurids were once considered prosauropods, but new research indicates they may in fact have been basal sauropods.

ee also

* "Anchisaurus"

External links

* [http://www.users.qwest.net/~jstweet1/sauropodomorpha.htm Sauropodomorpha]
* [http://www.palaeos.com/Vertebrates/Units/330Sauropodomorpha/330.100.html#Anchisauria Anchisauria]
* [http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=checkTaxonInfo&taxon_no=38635&is_real_user=0 Anchisauridae at the Paleobiology Database]