vertebrates Cuvier, 1812 - vertebrates
   Cohort Amniota Haeckel, 1866 see Clade Amniota Haeckel, 1866 [Gauthier, Kluge & Rowe 1988]
     Class "Reptilia" Linnaeus, 1758 - reptiles
       Subclass Sauropsida Huxley, 1864
         Superorder Archosauria Cope, 1869 - archosaurs see Clade Archosauria Cope 1869 [Gauthier & Padian 1985], nom. cl. inval.
           1 Order †Thecodontia Owen, 1859 see Division Archosauria Cope, 1869
           2 Order Crocodylia Wagler, 1830 - crocodiles
           3 Order †Pterosauria Kaup, 1834 - pterosaurs
           4 Order †Saurischia Seeley, 1887 see Clade Saurischia Seeley 1888 [Gauthier, Langer, Novas, Bittencourt & Ezcurra 2020]
           5 Order †Ornithischia Seeley, 1887