Concise hierarchy

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

Included, by definition, in node-based clade

Crurotarsi (Clade) Sereno & Arcucci 1990

Ref: S.J. Nesbitt, 2011: 192 (Sereno & Arcucci, 1990).

Current position

†Ornithosuchia (Order) Bonaparte, 1971

Ref: G. Olshevsky, 1991: 38.

Alternative positions

†Carnosauria (Infraorder) Huene, 1920	Ref: B. Grzimek et al., 1973 (1971): 595.
Crurotarsi (Subdivision) Sereno & Arcucci, 1990	Ref: M.J. Benton, 2005: 396.
Crurotarsi (Clade) Sereno & Arcucci 1990	Ref: M.J. Benton, 2004: fig. 1.8A. [inferred rank]
Ornithosuchia ([unranked])	Ref: M.J. Benton, 1990: fig. 1.1.
†Ornithosuchia (Suborder) (Huene, 1908)	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 619.
†Pseudosuchia (Suborder) Zittel, 1887-1890	Ref: B. Grzimek et al., 1973 (1971): 593.

Historical positions

Crurotarsi (Subdivision) Sereno & Arcucci, 1990	Ref: M.J. Benton, 2005: 396, box 6.1.
Crurotarsi (Clade) Sereno & Arcucci 1990	Ref: M.J. Benton, 2004: 14, fig. 1.8A. [out of scope (coherent)]
†Carnosauria (Infraorder) Huene, 1920	Ref: P. Uetz, [1995-]1996: 30 Dec 1996.
†Pseudosuchia (Suborder) Zittel, 1887-1890	Ref: P. Uetz, [1995-]1996: 30 Dec 1996.
Ornithosuchia ([unranked])	Ref: M.J. Benton, 1990: fig. 1.1.
†Ornithosuchia (Suborder) (Huene, 1908)	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 619.
†Carnosauria (Infraorder) Huene, 1920	Ref: B. Grzimek et al., 1973 (1971): 595.
†Pseudosuchia (Suborder) Zittel, 1887-1890	Ref: B. Grzimek et al., 1973 (1971): 593.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	†6g;3s;1
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 16 Aug 2023	[; †6g]
1988	R.L. Carroll: 619	[; †3g]