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Monophyletic taxon: Megalosauria Bonaparte 1850 [Allain et al. 2012] (dinosaur)
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Concise hierarchy

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

Phylogeny

Node-based clade Ref: C. Hendrickx et al., 2015: table (p. 66).

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

Megalosaurus bucklandii Mantell, 1827 Ref: C. Hendrickx et al., 2015: table (p. 66) (modified from Allain et al., 2012).
Spinosaurus aegyptiacus Stromer, 1915 Ref: C. Hendrickx et al., 2015: table (p. 66) (modified from Allain et al., 2012).

Generic clade

Megalosauria (Clade) Bonaparte 1850 [Allain et al. 2012] Ref: C. Hendrickx et al., 2015: table (p. 66) (modified from Allain et al., 2012).

Current position

Megalosauroidea (Superfamily) Fitzinger, 1843 Ref: M.T. Carrano et al., 2012: App. 1 (p. 291).

Alternative positions

Megalosauroidea (Clade) Walker 1964 [Sereno 1998] Ref: C. Hendrickx et al., 2015: 11 (fig. 4).

Historical positions

Megalosauroidea (Clade) Walker 1964 [Sereno 1998] Src: C. Hendrickx et al., 2015: 11 (fig. 4), table (p. 66).
Megalosauroidea (Superfamily) Fitzinger, 1843 Src: M.T. Carrano et al., 2012: App. 1 (p. 291).
Megalosauroidea (Clade) Walker 1964 [Sereno 1998] Src: M.T. Carrano et al., 2012: App. 1 (p. 291), fig. 8A.

Number of Subtaxa

2024 Available in Systema Naturae 2000 †2f;18g;16s
1989-present Systema Naturae 2000: 11 Feb 2019 [; †2f;18g]
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