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Taxon: Family †Hypsilophodontidae Dollo, 1882 (dinosaur)
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Concise hierarchy

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

Phylogeny

Possibly Paraphyletic/Ancestral (para) Ref: D.B. Weishampel et al. (eds.), 2004: 393 ("sensu Galton (1974a et seq.) may be").
Paraphyletic/Ancestral (para) Ref: G. Olshevsky, 1991: 165 ("Parafamily").

Subsequent positions

Hypsilophodontia (Infraorder) Cooper, 1985 Ref: P. Sereno, 1986: 252.

Current position

Euornithopoda (Clade) Sereno 1986 Ref: M.J. Benton, 2005: 398.

Alternative positions

Hypsilophodontia (Infraorder) Cooper, 1985 Ref: P. Sereno, 1986: 252. [new position]
Ornithopoda (Order) Marsh, 1881 Ref: G. Olshevsky, 1991: 165.
Ornithopoda (Suborder) Marsh, 1871 Ref: D. Lambert & the Diagram Group, 1991(1997): 109.

Historical positions

Euornithopoda (Clade) Sereno 1986 Ref: M.J. Benton, 2005: 398, box 8.5.
Ornithopoda (Suborder) Marsh, 1871 Ref: D. Lambert & the Diagram Group, 1991(1997): 109, 151.
Ornithopoda (Suborder) Marsh, 1871 Ref: P. Uetz, [1995-]1996: 30 Dec 1996.
Ornithopoda (Order) Marsh, 1881 Ref: G. Olshevsky, 1991: 165.
Euornithopoda (Clade) Sereno 1986 Ref: M.J. Benton, 1990: fig. 1.5.
Ornithopoda (Suborder) Marsh, 1871 Ref: B. Gardiner et al., 1989: 302.
Ornithopoda (Suborder) Marsh, 1871 Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: App. (p. 622).
Hypsilophodontia (Infraorder) Cooper, 1985 Ref: P. Sereno, 1986: 252. [new position]
Ornithopoda (Suborder) Marsh, 1871 Ref: B. Grzimek et al., 1973 (1971): 596.

Number of Subtaxa

2026 Available in Systema Naturae 2000 †9g;1s
1989-present Systema Naturae 2000 [; †[<]13g]
1991(1997) D. Lambert & the Diagram Group: 151 [; †[<]13g]
1991 G. Olshevsky: 165 †17(13)g;25(20)s
1988 R.L. Carroll: App. (p. 622) [; †9g]
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