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Taxon: Family †Ctenosauriscidae Kuhn, 1964 (reptile)
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Concise hierarchy

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

Included, by definition, in node-based clade

Poposauroidea (Clade) Nopcsa 1923 [Weinbaum & Hungerbühler 2007] Ref: J.C. Weinbaum & A. Hungerbühler, 2007: 132.

Current position

Poposauroidea (Superfamily) Nopcsa, 1923 Ref: G. Olshevsky, 1991: 44; Nesbitt et al., 2013: fig. 2(a). [indirect]

Alternative positions

Pseudosuchia (Order) Zittel, 1887-1890 Ref: G. Olshevsky, 1991: 44.
Thecodontia (Order) Owen, 1859 Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: App. (p. 619).

Historical positions

Pseudosuchia (Order) Zittel, 1887-1890 Ref: G. Olshevsky, 1991: 44.
Thecodontia (Order) Owen, 1859 Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: App. (p. 619).

Number of Subtaxa

1989-present Systema Naturae 2000: 26 Oct 2025 [; †4g]
1991 G. Olshevsky: 44 †2[3]g;2s
1988 R.L. Carroll: 619 [; †3g]
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