Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Reptilia - (Family) Megalosauridae

Included, by definition, in node-based clade

†Megalosauridae (Clade) Bonaparte 1850 [Allain 2002]

Ref: C. Hendrickx et al., 2015: table (p. 66) (Allain, 2002).

Included, by definition, in branch-based clade

†Afrovenatorinae (Clade) Carrano, Benson & Sampson 2012

Ref: M.T. Carrano et al., 2012: 251.

Excluded, by definition, from branch-based clade

†Megalosaurinae (Clade) Paul 1988 [Carrano et al. 2012]

Ref: M.T. Carrano et al., 2012: 250.

Current position

†Afrovenatorinae (Subfamily) Carrano, Benson & Sampson, 2012

Ref: M.T. Carrano et al., 2012: App. 1 (p. 291). [new position]

Alternative positions

†Afrovenatorinae (Clade) Carrano, Benson & Sampson 2012	Ref: C. Hendrickx et al., 2015: table (p. 60).
†Eustreptospondylinae (Clade) Paul 1988	Ref: T.R. Holtz Jr. et al., 2004: table 4.1 (p. [72]).
†Megalosauridae (Clade) Bonaparte 1850 [Allain 2002]	Ref: C. Hendrickx et al., 2015: 11 (fig. 4).

Historical positions

†Afrovenatorinae (Clade) Carrano, Benson & Sampson 2012	Ref: C. Hendrickx et al., 2015: table (p. 60).
†Megalosauridae (Clade) Bonaparte 1850 [Allain 2002]	Ref: C. Hendrickx et al., 2015: 11 (fig. 4).
†Afrovenatorinae (Subfamily) Carrano, Benson & Sampson, 2012	Ref: M.T. Carrano et al., 2012: App. 1 (p. 291), fig. 8A. [new position]
†Eustreptospondylinae (Clade) Paul 1988	Ref: T.R. Holtz Jr. et al., 2004: table 4.1 (p. [72]), 95 (fig. 4.20).

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	†1s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 1 Jan 2019	[; †1s]