Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata

Phylogeny

Paraphyletic/Ancestral (para)

Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998: 214.

Original position

Regnum Animale (Kingdom) C. Linnaeus, 1758

Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1758: 11.

Subsequent positions

Tetrapoda (Superclass) Goodrich, 1930

Original entries

Nantes (Order) Linnaeus, 1758
Reptiles (Order) Linnaeus, 1758
Serpentes (Order) Linnaeus, 1758

Current position

Tetrapoda (Superclass) Goodrich, 1930

Alternative positions

Gnathostomata (Superclass) Gegenbaur, 1874	Ref: R.C. van Caenegem et al., 1980: 307.
Regnum Animale (Kingdom) C. Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: [von] Linné, C., 1766: 347.

Historical positions

Vertebrata (Subphylum) Cuvier, 1812	Ref: 1998
Vertebrata (Subphylum) Cuvier, 1812	Ref: 1995
Vertebrata (Subphylum) Cuvier, 1812	Ref: R.C. Brusca & G.J. Brusca, 1990
Vertebrata (Subphylum) Cuvier, 1812	Ref: A.S. Romer & T.S. Parsons, 1986: App. 1 (p. 622).
vertebrates (Subphylum) Cuvier, 1812	Ref: H.-P. Schultze et al., 1985: [1], 5.
Gnathostomata (Superclass) Gegenbaur, 1874	Ref: R.C. van Caenegem et al., 1980: 307.
Vertebrata (Subphylum) Cuvier, 1812	Ref: W.E. Duellman, 1982: 945.
Tetrapoda (Superclass) Goodrich, 1930	Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1982: 239.
Vertebrata (Subphylum) Cuvier, 1812	Ref: B. Grzimek et al., 1975 (1970): 573.
Regnum Animale (Kingdom) C. Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. a Linné, 1766: 19, 347-349.
Regnum Animale (Kingdom) C. Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1758: 12, 194-196.

Number of Subtaxa

1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[3o;61f;525g;6639s]
2010	D.R. Frost: 22 Nov 2010	[3o;61f;525g];6638s
2007	D.R. Frost: 1 Jun 2007	[3o;57f;499g];6091s; ‡[3s]
2006	D.R. Frost et al.	[3o;54f;481g]
2000		226s; †5s
1986	A.S. Romer & T.S. Parsons: App. 1 (p. 622)	[3o; †7o]
1982	L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz	2,000s
1982	W.E. Duellman	1sc;3o;36f;501g;3140s
1766	C. a Linné	[3o;24g]
1758	C. Linnaeus	[3o;16g;218s]
????		>3,400s