Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812 - vertebrates
   Gnathostomata
     Teleostomi
       Tetrapoda Hatschek & Cori 1896 [Gauthier, Kluge & Rowe 1988]
         Amniota Haeckel, 1866 [Gauthier, Kluge & Rowe 1988] - amniotes
           Class Reptilia Linnaeus, 1758 [paraphyletic] - reptiles
             Subclass Diapsida Osborn, 1903 - diapsids see Clade Diapsida Osborn 1903 [Gauthier & de Queiroz 2020]
               Infraclass Archosauromorpha Huene, 1946 see Clade Archosauromorpha Huene 1946 [Benton 1985], nom. cl. inval.
                 Order †Protorosauria Huxley, 1871
                   1 Family †Protorosauridae Cope, 1871 [monotypic]
                   2 Family †Prolacertidae Parrington, 1935
                   3 Family †Tanystropheidae Gervais, 1859
                   4 ?Genus †Trachelosaurus Broili & Fischer, 1918