Expertlatin
- What genus do dinosaurs belong to?
- What are the 7 types of dinosaur?
- Do dinosaurs have genus and species?
- What taxonomic rank is dinosaur?
What genus do dinosaurs belong to?
In a wider sense, dinosaurs belong to a group called Archosauria. Archosaurs, the “ruling reptiles”, are today represented by crocodilians and birds.
What are the 7 types of dinosaur?
Understanding the seven major groups, theropods, sauropods, stegosaurs, ankylosaurs, ornithopods, ceratopsians, and pachycephalosaurs, is a first step to help the novice place a new dinosaur in the greater context, and also understand the history of life a little bit better.
Do dinosaurs have genus and species?
Estimates vary, but in terms of extinct non-avian dinosaurs, about 300 valid genera and roughly 700 valid species have been discovered and named.
What taxonomic rank is dinosaur?
Michael Benton classifies all dinosaurs within the Series Amniota, Class Sauropsida, Subclass Diapsida, Infraclass Archosauromorpha, Division Archosauria, Subdivision Avemetatarsalia, Infradivision Ornithodira, and Superorder Dinosauria.
