Concise hierarchy

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

Phylogeny

Paraphyletic/Ancestral (para)

Current position

†Dinosauria (Superorder) Owen, 1841

Ref: M.J. Benton, 2005: 396.

Alternative positions

Archosauria (Superorder) Cope, 1869	Ref: D. Lambert & the Diagram Group, 1991(1997): 91.
Archosauria (Subclass) Cope, 1869	Ref: A.S. Romer & T.S. Parsons, 1986: App. 1 (p. 623).
†Dinosauria (Subclass) Owen, 1841	Ref: [Anonymous], 1989
Dinosauria (Clade) Owen 1841 [Padian & May 1993], nom. cl. inval.	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 621. [implicit]

Historical positions

†Dinosauria (Superorder) Owen, 1841	Ref: M.J. Benton, 2005: 396, box 8.5.
Archosauria (Subclass) Cope, 1869	Ref: 1998
Archosauria (Superorder) Cope, 1869	Ref: D. Lambert & the Diagram Group, 1991(1997): 91; 108, 109.
Archosauria (Subclass) Cope, 1869	Ref: P. Uetz, [1995-]1996: 30 Dec 1996.
Archosauria (Subclass) Cope, 1869	Ref: 1995
Dinosauria (Clade) Owen 1841 [Padian & May 1993], nom. cl. inval.	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 621; 289. [implicit]
Archosauria (Subclass) Cope, 1869	Ref: A.S. Romer & T.S. Parsons, 1986: App. 1 (p. 623).
Archosauria (Superorder) Cope, 1869	Ref: H.-P. Schultze et al., 1985: 2, 49.
Archosauria (Subclass) Cope, 1869	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979
Archosauria (Subclass) Cope, 1869	Ref: B. Grzimek et al., 1973 (1971): 595.

Number of Subtaxa

1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[; †44f]
1991(1997)	D. Lambert & the Diagram Group: 109	[; †44f]
[1995-]1996	P. Uetz: 30 Dec 1996	[; †34f]
1988	R.L. Carroll: 621	[; †28f]
1973 (1971)	B. Grzimek et al.: 596	[; †34f]