Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata

Phylogeny

Crown clade

Ref: J. Gauthier et al., 1988b: 141. [implicit]

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

Mammalia (Clade) Linnaeus 1758 [Rowe 1988], nom. cl. inval.		Ref: J. Gauthier et al., 1988b: 141 ("extant mammals").
Reptilia (Clade) Linnaeus 1758 [Gauthier, Kluge & Rowe 1988], nom. cl. inval.		Ref: J. Gauthier et al., 1988b: 141 ("reptiles").

Included, by definition, in node-based clade

Tetrapoda (Clade) Hatschek & Cori 1896 [Gauthier, Kluge & Rowe 1988]		Ref: J. Gauthier et al., 1988b: 106, 144.
Tetrapoda (Clade) Hatschek & Cori 1896 [Gauthier, Kluge & Rowe 1988]		Ref: T. Rowe, 1988: 247.

Current position

Batrachosauria ([unranked])

Ref: M.J. Benton, 2015: 437. [inferred rank]

Alternative positions

Tetrapoda (Infraclass) Goodrich, 1930	Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 467.
Tetrapoda (Clade) Hatschek & Cori 1896 [Gauthier, Kluge & Rowe 1988]	Ref: D.R. Frost et al., 2006: fig. 51. [out of scope (coherent)]

Historical positions

Tetrapoda (Clade) Hatschek & Cori 1896 [Gauthier, Kluge & Rowe 1988]	Ref: D.R. Frost et al., 2006: fig. 51. [out of scope (coherent)]
Tetrapoda (Infraclass) Goodrich, 1930	Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 467.
Tetrapoda (Clade) Hatschek & Cori 1896 [Gauthier, Kluge & Rowe 1988]	Ref: R.V. Hill, 2005: fig. 5. [rough position] [indirect]
Tetrapoda (Clade) Hatschek & Cori 1896 [Gauthier, Kluge & Rowe 1988]	Ref: M.J. Benton, 2004: fig. 1.2. [out of scope (coherent)]
Tetrapoda (Clade) Hatschek & Cori 1896 [Gauthier, Kluge & Rowe 1988]	Ref: T. Rowe, 1988: fig. 1.
Tetrapoda (Clade) Hatschek & Cori 1896 [Gauthier, Kluge & Rowe 1988]	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: fig. 1.3.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	2c;62o;466f;4549g;25,180s;12,080ss;303v;1; ‡2o;19f;112g;388s;98ss;1v; †108o;725f;6186g;2742s;68ss;1v;104
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[5c;62o;404f]
1988	R.L. Carroll: 648	[3c;51o;>265f; ‡2o;8f; †48o;[>]494f]