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Taxon: Family †Hadrosauridae Cope, 1869 - hadrosaurs (dinosaur)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  E.D. Cope, 1869

Types

Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]: †Hadrosaurinae (Subfamily) Cope, 1869
Type: †Hadrosaurus (Genus) Leidy, 1858 Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: App. (p. 622); [<15 Oct 2025]. [inferred]

Variants

Subsequent clade name: †Hadrosauridae (Clade) Cope 1869 Ref: P.C. Sereno, 1998: table 4 (p. 62). [inferred]
Different rank: †Hadrosauroidea (Superfamily) Cope, 1869

Synonyms

Synonymous name: †Claosauridae (Family) (Marsh, 1890) Ref: PBDB: 21 Apr 2021.
Synonymous name: †Prohadrosauridae (Family) Huene, 1956 Ref: PBDB: 27 Oct 2013.
Synonymous name: †Protrachodontidae (Family) Nopcsa, 1915 Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name: †Trachodontidae (Family) Lydekker, 1888 Ref: PBDB: 19 Sep 2017.

Vernacular Names (English)

Full name: hadrosaurs
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