Concise hierarchy

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

Phylogeny

Crown clade

Ref: M. Laurin, 1991: 88 (Gauthier, 1984: "crown-group") ("retained here").

Defined by the most recent common ancestor (and all its descendants) of

Archosauria (Clade) Cope 1869 [Gauthier & Padian 1985], nom. cl. inval.		Ref: M. Laurin, 1991: 88 ("archosaurs").
Lepidosauria (Clade) Haeckel 1866 [Gauthier, Estes & de Queiroz 1988], nom. cl. inval.		Ref: M. Laurin, 1991: 88 ("lepidosaurs").

Generic clade

Sauria (Clade) McCartney 1802 [Gauthier, Kluge & Rowe 1988], nom. cl. inval.

Ref: M. Laurin, 1991: 88.

Current position

Neodiapsida (Clade) Benton 1985

Ref: R.R. Reisz et al., 2011: fig. 4.

Alternative positions

Reptilia (Clade) Linnaeus 1758 [Gauthier, Kluge & Rowe 1988], nom. cl. inval.

Ref: T. Rowe, 1988: fig. 1.

Historical positions

Neodiapsida (Clade) Benton 1985	Src: R.V. Hill, 2005: fig. 5.
Neodiapsida (Clade) Benton 1985	Src: M. Laurin, 1991: 83, 88-89, fig. 11.
Reptilia (Clade) Linnaeus 1758 [Gauthier, Kluge & Rowe 1988], nom. cl. inval.	Src: T. Rowe, 1988: fig. 1.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	†1f;2g;1s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[4c;35o;267f;3145g;17,872s]
2016	P. Uetz et al.: 3 Oct 2016 (Aug 2016)	6,263s