Re: New name for Megalosaurus hesperis

[Nick Gardner <nick.gardner@gmail.com>]

On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 12:08 AM, T. Michael Keesey  wrote:
>> In sauropod phylogeny there is a tendency to abandon coordinate family level 
>> groups in favor of taxon names that do not end in -idae, -oidea, and so on 
>> (e.g., Lognkosauria, Turiasauria).
>
> Also at least one example among theropods: Microraptoria.
>

And among ornithopods: Elasmaria.

Of course, there's possibly a much older example, that being
Euhadrosauria. But I don't remember if in its original content it was
more exclusive than Hadrosauridae or not.

Cheers,

Nick