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Monotypic taxon: Genus †Torvosaurus Galton & Jensen, 1979 (dinosaur)
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Concise hierarchy

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

Included, by definition, in node-based clade

†Megalosauridae (Clade) Bonaparte 1850 [Allain 2002] Ref: C. Hendrickx et al., 2015: table (p. 66) (Allain, 2002).
†Megalosauroidea (Clade) Walker 1964 [Sereno 1998] Ref: C. Hendrickx et al., 2015: table (p. 67) (Sereno, 1998: as "Spinosauroidea").
†Spinosauroidea (Clade) Olshevsky 1995 Ref: P.C. Sereno, 1998: table 4 (p. 64).

Included, by definition, in branch-based clade

†Torvosauridae (Clade) Jensen 1985 Ref: P.C. Sereno, 1998: table 4 (p. 64).

Excluded, by definition, from branch-based clade

†Spinosauridae (Clade) Stromer 1915 [Sereno 1998] Ref: P.C. Sereno, 1998: table 4 (p. 64).
Tetanurae (Clade) Gauthier 1986 Ref: P.C. Sereno, 1998: table 4 (p. 64).

Current position

†Megalosaurinae (Subfamily) Fitzinger, 1843 Ref: M.T. Carrano et al., 2012: App. 1 (p. 292).

Alternative positions

†Megalosauridae (Clade) Bonaparte 1850 [Allain 2002] Ref: C. Hendrickx et al., 2015: 11 (fig. 4).
†Megalosaurinae (Clade) Paul 1988 [Carrano et al. 2012] Ref: T.R. Holtz Jr. et al., 2004: table 4.1 (p. [72]).

Historical positions

†Megalosauridae (Clade) Bonaparte 1850 [Allain 2002] Ref: C. Hendrickx et al., 2015: 11 (fig. 4).
†Megalosaurinae (Subfamily) Fitzinger, 1843 Ref: M.T. Carrano et al., 2012: App. 1 (p. 292), fig. 8A.
†Megalosaurinae (Clade) Paul 1988 [Carrano et al. 2012] Ref: T.R. Holtz Jr. et al., 2004: table 4.1 (p. [72]), 95 (fig. 4.20).

Number of Subtaxa

2024 Available in Systema Naturae 2000 †1s
1989-present Systema Naturae 2000: 1 Jan 2019 [; †1s]
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