Ignavusaurus, the Glossary
Ignavusaurus is a genus of basal sauropodomorph dinosaur that lived during the Early Jurassic in what is now Lesotho.[1]
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28 relations: Age determination in dinosaurs, Ancient Greek, Basal (phylogenetics), Cladistics, Dinosaur, Early Jurassic, Elliot Formation, Femur, Genus, Herbivore, Hettangian, Histology, Holotype, Humerus, Latin, Lesotho, Madrid, Massopoda, Massospondylus, Melanorosaurus, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, National Museum of Natural History, France, Sarahsaurus, Saurischia, Sauropodomorpha, Type species, Year, 2010 in paleontology.
- Early Jurassic dinosaurs of Africa
- Massopoda
- Paleontology in Lesotho
Age determination in dinosaurs
Age determination in dinosaurs is mainly used to determine the approximate age of a dinosaur when the animal died.
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Ancient Greek
Ancient Greek (Ἑλληνῐκή) includes the forms of the Greek language used in ancient Greece and the ancient world from around 1500 BC to 300 BC.
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Basal (phylogenetics)
In phylogenetics, basal is the direction of the base (or root) of a rooted phylogenetic tree or cladogram.
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Cladistics
Cladistics is an approach to biological classification in which organisms are categorized in groups ("clades") based on hypotheses of most recent common ancestry.
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Dinosaur
Dinosaurs are a diverse group of reptiles of the clade Dinosauria.
Early Jurassic
The Early Jurassic Epoch (in chronostratigraphy corresponding to the Lower Jurassic Series) is the earliest of three epochs of the Jurassic Period.
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Elliot Formation
The Elliot Formation is a geological formation and forms part of the Stormberg Group, the uppermost geological group that comprises the greater Karoo Supergroup. Ignavusaurus and Elliot Formation are paleontology in Lesotho.
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Femur
The femur (femurs or femora), or thigh bone is the only bone in the thigh.
Genus
Genus (genera) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family as used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses.
Herbivore
A herbivore is an animal anatomically and physiologically adapted to eating plant material, for example foliage or marine algae, for the main component of its diet.
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Hettangian
The Hettangian is the earliest age and lowest stage of the Jurassic Period of the geologic timescale.
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Histology
Histology, also known as microscopic anatomy or microanatomy, is the branch of biology that studies the microscopic anatomy of biological tissues.
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Holotype
A holotype is a single physical example (or illustration) of an organism used when the species (or lower-ranked taxon) was formally described.
Humerus
The humerus (humeri) is a long bone in the arm that runs from the shoulder to the elbow.
Latin
Latin (lingua Latina,, or Latinum) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.
Lesotho
Lesotho, formally the Kingdom of Lesotho, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa.
Madrid
Madrid is the capital and most populous city of Spain.
Massopoda
Massopoda is a clade of sauropodomorph dinosaurs which lived during the Late Triassic to Late Cretaceous epochs.
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Massospondylus
Massospondylus (from Greek, μάσσων (massōn, "longer") and σπόνδυλος (spondylos, "vertebra")) was a genus of sauropodomorph dinosaur from the Early Jurassic (Hettangian to Pliensbachian ages, ca. 200–183 million years ago). Ignavusaurus and Massospondylus are early Jurassic dinosaurs of Africa.
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Melanorosaurus
Melanorosaurus (meaning "Black Mountain Lizard", from the Greek melas/μέλας, "black", oros/ὄρος, "mountain" + sauros/σαῦρος, "lizard") is a genus of basal sauropodomorph dinosaur that lived during the Late Triassic period. Ignavusaurus and Melanorosaurus are Massopoda.
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Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales
The National Museum of Natural Sciences (Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales) is a natural history museum in Madrid, Spain.
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National Museum of Natural History, France
The French National Museum of Natural History, known in French as the (abbreviation MNHN), is the national natural history museum of France and a grand établissement of higher education part of Sorbonne Universities.
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Sarahsaurus
Sarahsaurus is a genus of basal sauropodomorph dinosaur which lived during the Early Jurassic period in what is now northeastern Arizona, United States. Ignavusaurus and Sarahsaurus are Massopoda.
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Saurischia
Saurischia (meaning "reptile-hipped" from the Greek (σαῦρος) meaning 'lizard' and (ἴσχιον) meaning 'hip joint') is one of the two basic divisions of dinosaurs (the other being Ornithischia), classified by their hip structure.
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Sauropodomorpha
Sauropodomorpha (from Greek, meaning "lizard-footed forms") is an extinct clade of long-necked, herbivorous, saurischian dinosaurs that includes the sauropods and their ancestral relatives.
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Type species
In zoological nomenclature, a type species (species typica) is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the species that contains the biological type specimen (or specimens).
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Year
A year is the time taken for astronomical objects to complete one orbit.
2010 in paleontology
As science becomes more collaborative, papers with large numbers of authors are becoming more common.
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See also
Early Jurassic dinosaurs of Africa
- Aardonyx
- Abrictosaurus
- Antetonitrus
- Arcusaurus
- Berberosaurus
- Dracovenator
- Eocursor
- Fabrosaurus
- Geranosaurus
- Gigantoscelus
- Gryponyx
- Gyposaurus
- Heterodontosaurus
- Ignavusaurus
- Ledumahadi
- Lesothosaurus
- Lycorhinus
- Massospondylus
- Megapnosaurus
- Ngwevu
- Pegomastax
- Pulanesaura
- Sefapanosaurus
- Tazoudasaurus
- Vulcanodon
Massopoda
- Aardonyx
- Anchisauria
- Anchisaurus
- Blikanasaurus
- Camelotia
- Chuxiongosaurus
- Eucnemesaurus
- Gryponyx
- Ignavusaurus
- Irisosaurus
- Jingshanosaurus
- Kholumolumo
- Lamplughsaura
- Ledumahadi
- Leonerasaurus
- Massopoda
- Massospondylidae
- Melanorosauridae
- Melanorosaurus
- Meroktenos
- Musankwa
- Mussaurus
- Pulanesaura
- Qianlong shouhu
- Riojasauridae
- Riojasaurus
- Sarahsaurus
- Sauropods
- Schleitheimia
- Sefapanosaurus
- Seitaad
- Tuebingosaurus
- Xingxiulong
- Yizhousaurus
- Yunnanosaurus
Paleontology in Lesotho
- Abrictosaurus
- Clarens Formation
- Elliot Formation
- Euskelosaurus
- Fabrosaurus
- Ignavusaurus
- Kholumolumo
- Lesothosaurus
- List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Lesotho
- Meroktenos
- Molteno Formation
- Orthosuchus
- Stormberg Group
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignavusaurus
Also known as Ignavusaurus rachelis.