Concise hierarchy

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

Current position

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

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

Alternative positions

†Carnosauria (Infraorder) Huene, 1920	Ref: D. Lambert & the Diagram Group, 1991(1997): 109.
†Spinosauroidea (Subdivision) Olshevsky, 1995	Ref: M.J. Benton, 2005: 397.
†Theropoda (Suborder) Marsh, 1881	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 621.

Historical positions

†Megalosauria (Clade) Bonaparte 1850 [Allain et al. 2012]	Ref: M.T. Carrano et al., 2012: App. 1 (p. 291).
†Spinosauroidea (Subdivision) Olshevsky, 1995	Ref: M.J. Benton, 2005: 397, box 8.5.
†Carnosauria (Infraorder) Huene, 1920	Ref: D. Lambert & the Diagram Group, 1991(1997): 109, 128.
†Carnosauria (Infraorder) Huene, 1920	Ref: P. Uetz, [1995-]1996: 30 Dec 1996.
†Theropoda (Suborder) Marsh, 1881	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 621.
†Carnosauria (Infraorder) Huene, 1920	Ref: H.-P. Schultze et al., 1985: 2, 49.
†Carnosauria (Infraorder) Huene, 1920	Ref: B. Grzimek et al., 1973 (1971): 595.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	†10g;10s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 1 Jan 2019	[; †10g;10s]
1991(1997)	D. Lambert & the Diagram Group: 128	[; †[<]16g]