Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Aves - (Order) Archaeopterygiformes

Phylogeny

Paraphyletic/Ancestral (para)

Ref: G. Olshevsky, 1991: 123 ("Parafamily").

Original entries

†Xiaotingia (Genus) Xu, You, Du & Han, 2011

Ref: X. Xu et al., 2011: 465.

Current position

†Archaeopterygiformes (Order) Fürbringer, 1888

Ref: B.C. Livezey & R.L. Zusi, 2007: 89.

Alternative positions

Aves (Class) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: M.J. Benton, 2005: 398.
†Coelurosauria (Infraorder) Huene, 1914	Ref: D. Lambert & the Diagram Group, 1991(1997): 109.
†Deinonychosauria (Suborder) Colbert & Russell, 1969	Ref: G. Olshevsky, 1991: 123.

Historical positions

†Archaeopterygiformes (Order) Fürbringer, 1888	Ref: B.C. Livezey & R.L. Zusi, 2007: 89.
Aves (Class) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: M.J. Benton, 2005: 398.
Aves (Clade) Linnaeus 1758 [Gauthier 1986], nom. cl. inval.	Ref: K. Padian, 2004: table 11.1 (p. [211]). [implicit]
†Coelurosauria (Infraorder) Huene, 1914	Ref: D. Lambert & the Diagram Group, 1991(1997): 109, 121.
†Deinonychosauria (Suborder) Colbert & Russell, 1969	Ref: G. Olshevsky, 1991: 123.
†Archaeopterygiformes (Order) Fürbringer, 1888	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: App. (p. 624).
†Archaeopterygiformes (Order) Fürbringer, 1888	Ref: P. Brodkorb, 1963: 189.

Number of Subtaxa

2026	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	†2g;3s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[; †4g;5s]
2004	K. Padian	[; †2g;3s]
2004	K. Padian	[; †2g;3s]
1991(1997)	D. Lambert & the Diagram Group	[; †1g]
1991	G. Olshevsky: 123	†3(2)g;4(2)s
1963	P. Brodkorb	[; †1g;2s]