What is Dinosauromorpha?
{{Automatic taxobox | name = Dinosauromorphs | taxon = Dinosauromorpha | fossil_range = <br/>[[Middle Triassic]]&ndash;[[Holocene|Present]], {{fossil_range|earliest=249|245|0}} <small>(possible [[Early Triassic]] record)</small> | image = Lagosuchus Talampayensis.png | image_caption = Reconstructed skeleton of a ''[[Lagosuchus talampayensis]]'' | authority = [[Michael J. Benton|Benton]], 1984 | subdivision_ranks = Subgroups | subdivision = {{extinct}}[[Lagerpetidae]]<br> {{extinct}}''[[Lagosuchus]]''<br> [[Dinosauriformes]] }} '''Dinosauromorpha''' are a clade of [[archosaur]]s that includes [[dinosaur]]s and other closely related animals. [[Bird]]s are the only surviving dinosauromorphs. The name was coined by Michael J. Benton in 1984. The first clade definitions were by Paul Sereno in 1991. He defined the concept as: :The last common ancestor of ''Lagerpeton chanarensis'', ''Marasuchus lilloensis'', ''Pseudolagosuchus major'' and the Dinosauria (including Aves) and all its descendants.<ref name=dinosauromorphs>{{Cite journal | last1 = Langer | first1 = M. C. | last2 = Nesbitt | first2 = S. J. | last3 = Bittencourt | first3 = J. S. | last4 = Irmis | first4 = R. B. | title = Non-dinosaurian Dinosauromorpha | doi = 10.1144/SP379.9 | journal = Geological Society, London, Special Publications | year = 2013 | volume = 379 | pages = 157–186 | pmid = | pmc = | s2cid = 84303547 }}</ref> Another term, with somewhat different coverage is [[Avemetatarsalia]]. == References == {{reflist}} [[Category:Archosaurs]]