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Monophyletic taxon: Archosauromorpha Huene 1946 [Benton 1985], nom. cl. inval. (vertebrate)
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Concise hierarchy

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

Phylogeny

Branch-based clade Ref: M.J. Benton, 2004: 9, 10 (Dilkes, 1997: 528).

Defined by included taxon (and all taxa more closely related to it than to the excluded taxon)

†Protorosaurus (Genus) Meyer, 1830 Ref: M.J. Benton, 2004: 10 (Dilkes, 1997: 528).

Defined by excluded taxon

Lepidosauria (Clade) Haeckel 1866 [Gauthier, Estes & de Queiroz 1988], nom. cl. inval. Ref: M.J. Benton, 2004: 10 (Dilkes, 1997: 528).

Current position

Sauria (Clade) McCartney 1802 [Gauthier, Kluge & Rowe 1988], nom. cl. inval. Ref: R.R. Reisz et al., 2011: fig. 4.

Alternative positions

Diapsida (Clade) Osborn 1903 [Laurin 1991] Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 467.
Neodiapsida (Clade) Benton 1985 Ref: M.J. Benton, 2004: fig. 1.2. [out of scope (coherent)]

Historical positions

Diapsida (Clade) Osborn 1903 [Laurin 1991] Src: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 467.
Neodiapsida (Clade) Benton 1985 Src: M.J. Benton, 2004: fig. 1.2. [out of scope (coherent)]
Sauria (Clade) McCartney 1802 [Gauthier, Kluge & Rowe 1988], nom. cl. inval. Src: M. Laurin, 1991: 83, 90, fig. 11. [emended diagnosis]
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