Concise hierarchy

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

Phylogeny

Branch-based clade

Ref: J. Gauthier, 1986: 26. [implicit]

Defined by included taxon (and all taxa more closely related to it than to the excluded taxon)

Avialae (Clade) Gauthier 1986

Ref: J. Gauthier, 1986: 26 (as "birds"); 12.

Defined by excluded taxon

†Carnosauria ([unranked]) Huene, 1920

Ref: J. Gauthier, 1986: 26.

Branch-based clade

Coelurosauria (Clade) Huene 1914 [Gauthier 1986]		Ref: P.C. Sereno, 1998: table 4 (p. 64).
Coelurosauria (Clade) Huene 1914 [Gauthier 1986]		Ref: C. Hendrickx et al., 2015: table (p. 64) (Sereno, 2005).

Current position

Avetheropoda (Clade) Paul 1988 [Padian et al. 1999]

Ref: C. Hendrickx et al., 2015: 3 (fig. 1).

Alternative positions

Neotetanurae (Clade) Sereno et al. 1994	Ref: P.C. Sereno, 1998: table 4 (p. 64).
Tetanurae (Clade) Gauthier 1986	Ref: M.J. Benton, 1990: fig. 1.5.

Historical positions

Avetheropoda (Clade) Paul 1988 [Padian et al. 1999]	Ref: C. Hendrickx et al., 2015: table (p. 64), figs. 1, 4.
Avetheropoda (Clade) Paul 1988 [Padian et al. 1999]	Ref: M.T. Carrano et al., 2012: App. 1 (p. 292), fig. 8A.
Theropoda (Clade) Marsh 1881 [Gauthier 1986]	Ref: F.L. Agnolin et al., 2012[2011]: 35.
Avetheropoda (Clade) Paul 1988 [Padian et al. 1999]	Ref: T.R. Holtz Jr. et al., 2004: 104, table 4.1 (p. [76]), 95 (fig. 4.20); tables 5.1 (p. [112]), 7.1, figs. S.2, 5.22.
Neotetanurae (Clade) Sereno et al. 1994	Ref: P.C. Sereno, 1998: table 4 (p. 64), figs. 4, 8, 9A.
Tetanurae (Clade) Gauthier 1986	Ref: M.J. Benton, 1990: fig. 1.5.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	31o;202f;2151g;9617s;7150ss;1v; ‡2o;7f;57g;261s;62ss; †28o;107f;505g;256s;3ss;1
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[1c;31o;201f;2135g;9609s]