Ankylopollexia
Ankylopollexia is an extinct clade of dinosaurs within the Ornithischia. They lived from 156 to 66 million years ago.[1] The name stems from the Greek word, “ankylos”, meaning stiff, fused, and the Latin word, “pollex”, meaning thumb.[2] One of the most famous and most derived members of the Ankylopollexia clade is the Iguanodon. The Hadrosaurs are also in this group.
Ankylopollexia Temporal range: Late Jurassic–Late Cretaceous,
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Mantellisaurus skeleton, Natural History Museum, London | |
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Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Order: | Ornithischia |
Clade: | Dryomorpha |
Clade: | Ankylopollexia Sereno, 1986 |
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Ankylopollexia Media
Size of three ankylopollexians (Edmontosaurus, Iguanodon, and Camptosaurus) compared to other ornithopods
Life restoration of Iguanacolossus
Hand of Iguanodon, showing the distinctive thumb of the group
Life restoration of Camptosaurus