Concise hierarchy

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

Phylogeny

Branch-based clade

Ref: C. Hendrickx et al., 2015: table (p. 67).

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

†Megaraptor namunhuaiquii Novas, 1998

Ref: C. Hendrickx et al., 2015: table (p. 67) (Benson et al., 2010).

Defined by excluded taxon

†Allosaurus fragilis Marsh, 1877		Ref: C. Hendrickx et al., 2015: table (p. 67) (Benson et al., 2010).
†Carcharodontosaurus saharicus (Depéret & Savornin, 1925)		Ref: C. Hendrickx et al., 2015: table (p. 67) (Benson et al., 2010).
†Chilantaisaurus tashuikouensis Hu, 1964		Ref: C. Hendrickx et al., 2015: table (p. 67) (Benson et al., 2010).
†Neovenator salerii Hutt, Martill & Barker, 1996		Ref: C. Hendrickx et al., 2015: table (p. 67) (Benson et al., 2010).

Generic clade

†Megaraptora (Clade) Benson, Carrano & Brusatte 2010

Ref: C. Hendrickx et al., 2015: table (p. 67) (Benson et al., 2010).

Current position

†Tyrannosauroidea (Superfamily) Osborn, 1906

Ref: C. Hendrickx et al., 2015: 11 (fig. 4). [implicit]

Alternative positions

†Neovenatoridae (Family) Benson, Carrano & Brusatte, 2010	Ref: M.T. Carrano et al., 2012: App. 1 (p. 292).
†Tyrannosauroidea (Clade) Walker 1964 [Sereno 1998]	Ref: C. Hendrickx et al., 2015: 11 (fig. 4).

Historical positions

†Tyrannosauroidea (Clade) Walker 1964 [Sereno 1998]	Src: C. Hendrickx et al., 2015: table (p. 67), figs. 1, 4.
†Neovenatoridae (Family) Benson, Carrano & Brusatte, 2010	Src: M.T. Carrano et al., 2012: App. 1 (p. 292).
†Neovenatoridae (Clade) Benson, Carrano & Brusatte 2010	Src: M.T. Carrano et al., 2012: App. 1 (p. 292).

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	†1f;6g;6s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 2 Jan 2019	[; †1f;6g;6s]