Concise hierarchy

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

Phylogeny

Node-based clade

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

Defined by the most recent common ancestor (and all its descendants) of

†Megalosaurus bucklandii Mantell, 1827		Ref: C. Hendrickx et al., 2015: table (p. 66) (modified from Allain et al., 2012).
†Spinosaurus aegyptiacus Stromer, 1915		Ref: C. Hendrickx et al., 2015: table (p. 66) (modified from Allain et al., 2012).

Generic clade

†Megalosauria (Clade) Bonaparte 1850 [Allain et al. 2012]

Ref: C. Hendrickx et al., 2015: table (p. 66) (modified from Allain et al., 2012).

Current position

†Megalosauroidea (Superfamily) Fitzinger, 1843

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

Alternative positions

†Megalosauroidea (Clade) Walker 1964 [Sereno 1998]

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

Historical positions

†Megalosauroidea (Clade) Walker 1964 [Sereno 1998]	Src: C. Hendrickx et al., 2015: 11 (fig. 4), table (p. 66).
†Megalosauroidea (Superfamily) Fitzinger, 1843	Src: M.T. Carrano et al., 2012: App. 1 (p. 291).
†Megalosauroidea (Clade) Walker 1964 [Sereno 1998]	Src: M.T. Carrano et al., 2012: App. 1 (p. 291), fig. 8A.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	†2f;18g;16s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 11 Feb 2019	[; †2f;18g]