Ornithodira

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clade taxon

Ornithodira is a clade of archosaurs that includes the last common ancestor of pterosaurs and dinosaurs and all of its descendants.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Dinosauromorpha 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf clade ⓘ
taxon ⓘ
clade Archosauria NERFINISHED ⓘ
Diapsida NERFINISHED ⓘ
Reptilia NERFINISHED ⓘ
definedAs last common ancestor of pterosaurs and dinosaurs and all of its descendants ⓘ
distinguishedFrom Pseudosuchia by bird-line ankle morphology ⓘ
etymology from Greek for "bird neck" ⓘ
hasCharacteristic adaptations associated with bipedal locomotion ⓘ
digitigrade stance ⓘ
elongated distal hindlimbs ⓘ
lightly built skeleton ⓘ
narrow, pillar-like tarsus ⓘ
reduced fifth toe on the foot ⓘ
relatively long neck ⓘ
hasSynonym Avemetatarsalia (in some usages, partially overlapping concepts) ⓘ
higherClassification Amniota NERFINISHED ⓘ
Animalia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Archosauria ⓘ
Chordata NERFINISHED ⓘ
Diapsida NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sauropsida NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tetrapoda NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vertebrata NERFINISHED ⓘ
includesExtantTaxa birds ⓘ
includesExtinctTaxa non-avian dinosaurs ⓘ
pterosaurs ⓘ
includesTaxon Aves NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dinosauria NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dinosauromorpha NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pterosauria NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pterosauromorpha NERFINISHED ⓘ
infraphylum Tetrapoda NERFINISHED ⓘ
kingdom Animalia ⓘ
namedBy Jacques Gauthier NERFINISHED ⓘ
parentTaxon Archosauria NERFINISHED ⓘ
Avemetatarsalia NERFINISHED ⓘ
phylum Chordata ⓘ
relatedTo Pseudosuchia NERFINISHED ⓘ
sisterClade Pseudosuchia NERFINISHED ⓘ
subclassOf Archosauria NERFINISHED ⓘ
Avemetatarsalia NERFINISHED ⓘ
subphylum Vertebrata NERFINISHED ⓘ
taxonRank clade ⓘ
temporalRange Middle Triassic to present ⓘ
yearNamed 1986 ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Archosauria → contains → Ornithodira ⓘ
Somphospondyli → parentTaxon → Ornithodira ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dinosauromorpha