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Taxon: Family †Pachycephalosauridae Sternberg, 1945 (dinosaur)
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Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Reptilia - (Order) Ornithischia

Original entries

Alaskacephale (Genus) Sullivan, 2006

Subsequent entries

Stenopelix (Genus) Meyer, 1857 Ref: T. Maryañska & H. Osmólska, 1974 [assumed]

Current position

Pachycephalosauria (Infraorder) Maryañska & Osmólska, 1974 Ref: D. Lambert & the Diagram Group, 1991(1997) [implicit]

Alternative positions

Ornithopoda (Suborder) Marsh, 1871 Ref: B. Grzimek et al., 1973 (1971): 596.
Pachycephalosauria (Order) Maryañska & Osmólska, 1974 Ref: G. Olshevsky, 1991: 159.
Pachycephalosauria (Suborder) Maryañska & Osmólska, 1974 Ref: D. Lambert & the Diagram Group, 1991(1997): 109.

Historical positions

Pachycephalosauria (Order) Maryañska & Osmólska, 1974 Ref: R.M. Sullivan, 2006: 349-351; 347.
Pachycephalosauria (Suborder) Maryañska & Osmólska, 1974 Ref: D. Lambert & the Diagram Group, 1991(1997): 109.
Ornithopoda (Suborder) Marsh, 1871 Ref: P. Uetz, [1995-]1996: 30 Dec 1996.
Pachycephalosauria (Order) Maryañska & Osmólska, 1974 Ref: G. Olshevsky, 1991: 159.
Ornithopoda (Suborder) Marsh, 1871 Ref: B. Gardiner et al., 1989: 302.
Pachycephalosauria (Suborder) Maryañska & Osmólska, 1974 Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: App. (p. 622).
Ornithopoda (Suborder) Marsh, 1871 Ref: B. Grzimek et al., 1973 (1971): 596.

Number of Subtaxa

2026 Available in Systema Naturae 2000 †12g;16s
1989-present Systema Naturae 2000 †15g;19s
2006 R.M. Sullivan [; †14g;18s]
1991(1997) D. Lambert & the Diagram Group †~9g
1991 G. Olshevsky: 159 †9g;11(10)s
1988 R.L. Carroll: App. (p. 622) [; †9g]
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