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Taxon: Family †Iguanodontidae Cope, 1869 (dinosaur)
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Concise hierarchy

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

Phylogeny

Paraphyletic/Ancestral (para) Ref: M.J. Benton, 2005: 398.
Paraphyletic/Ancestral (para) Ref: G. Olshevsky, 1991: 168 ("Parafamily").

Current position

Hadrosauriformes (Clade) Sereno 1997 Ref: P.C. Sereno, 1998: table 4 (p. 62). [inferred rank]

Alternative positions

Euornithopoda (Clade) Sereno 1986 Ref: M.J. Benton, 2005: 398. [implicit]
Ornithopoda (Order) Marsh, 1881 Ref: G. Olshevsky, 1991: 168.
Ornithopoda (Suborder) Marsh, 1871 Ref: D. Lambert & the Diagram Group, 1991(1997): 109.
Styracosterna (Clade) Sereno 1986 Ref: M.J. Benton, 1990: fig. 1.5. [inferred rank]

Historical positions

Euornithopoda (Clade) Sereno 1986 Ref: M.J. Benton, 2005: 398. [implicit]
Ornithopoda (Suborder) Marsh, 1871 Ref: D. Lambert & the Diagram Group, 1991(1997): 109, 155.
Ornithopoda (Suborder) Marsh, 1871 Ref: P. Uetz, [1995-]1996: 30 Dec 1996.
Ornithopoda (Order) Marsh, 1881 Ref: G. Olshevsky, 1991: 168.
Styracosterna (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).
Ornithopoda (Suborder) Marsh, 1871 Ref: B. Grzimek et al., 1973 (1971): 596.

Number of Subtaxa

2026 Available in Systema Naturae 2000 †5g;3s
1989-present Systema Naturae 2000 [; †5g]
1991(1997) D. Lambert & the Diagram Group: 155 [; †[<]6g]
1991(1997) D. Lambert & the Diagram Group: 155 [; †[<]6g]
1991 G. Olshevsky: 168 †7(4)[9]g;21(12)s
1988 R.L. Carroll: App. (p. 622) [; †10g]
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