Avemetatarsalia

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Avemetatarsalia is a major clade of archosaurs that includes dinosaurs (and thus birds) and their close relatives, representing the bird-line branch of archosaur evolution.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Avemetatarsalia canonical 13

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf bird-line archosaur ⓘ
clade ⓘ
belongsToBranch bird-line archosaurs ⓘ
clade Archosauria ⓘ
closestLivingRelatives Crocodylia ⓘ
linked to: Crocodilia
containsExtantMembers true ⓘ
containsFlyingVertebrates true ⓘ
containsFlyingVertebratesGroup Aves ⓘ
Pterosauria ⓘ
containsLargestTerrestrialAnimals true ⓘ
contrastedWith Pseudosuchia ⓘ
crocodile-line archosaurs ⓘ
definingFeature elongated metatarsals in hindlimb ⓘ
generally gracile limb morphology ⓘ
mesotarsal ankle joint trend ⓘ
dominantMesozoicTerrestrialVertebrates true ⓘ
earliestFossilRecord Middle Triassic ⓘ
etymologyLanguage Greek ⓘ
etymologyMeaning bird metatarsals ⓘ
evolutionarySignificance represents origin of bird-line archosaurs ⓘ
extantRepresentatives birds ⓘ
hasLivingRepresentatives Aves ⓘ
higherClassification Archosauria ⓘ
includesGroup avian dinosaurs ⓘ
bird-line dinosaurs ⓘ
non-avian dinosaurs ⓘ
includesMajorSubclade Dinosauromorpha ⓘ
linked to: Ornithodira

Ornithodira ⓘ
includesTaxon Aves ⓘ
Dinosauria ⓘ
Dinosauromorpha ⓘ
linked to: Ornithodira

Lagerpetidae ⓘ
Ornithodira ⓘ
Pterosauria ⓘ
Silesauridae ⓘ
kingdom Animalia ⓘ
namedBy Paul Sereno ⓘ
linked to: Paul C. Sereno
partOf Diapsida ⓘ
Reptilia ⓘ
phylogeneticDefinition all archosaurs closer to birds than to crocodilians ⓘ
phylum Chordata ⓘ
replacedEarlierFaunas many Triassic non-archosaur reptiles ⓘ
sisterGroupOf Pseudosuchia ⓘ
subdivisionOf Archosauria ⓘ
taxonRank clade ⓘ
temporalRange Middle Triassic to present ⓘ
yearNamed 1991 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Dinosauria → partOf → Avemetatarsalia ⓘ
Tetanurae → partOf → Avemetatarsalia ⓘ
Archosauria → hasSubgroup → Avemetatarsalia ⓘ
Crocodyliformes → relatedTo → Avemetatarsalia ⓘ
Ornithischia → higherGroup → Avemetatarsalia ⓘ
Crocodylomorpha → distinguishedFrom → Avemetatarsalia ⓘ
Crocodylomorpha → sisterGroup → Avemetatarsalia ⓘ
Pseudosuchia → sisterGroup → Avemetatarsalia ⓘ
Sauropodomorpha → higherClassification → Avemetatarsalia ⓘ
Ornithodira → parentTaxon → Avemetatarsalia ⓘ
Ornithodira → subclassOf → Avemetatarsalia ⓘ
Stegosauria → subclassOf → Avemetatarsalia ⓘ
Pterosauria → clade → Avemetatarsalia ⓘ