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Branch-based clade: †Pterosauromorpha Kuhn-Schnyder & Rieber 1984 [Padian 1997] (reptile)
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Concise hierarchy

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

Phylogeny

Branch-based clade Ref: S.J. Nesbitt, 2011: 207 (Padian, 1997). [implicit]

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

†Pterosauria ([unranked]) Ref: S.J. Nesbitt, 2011: 207 (Padian, 1997).

Defined by excluded taxon

Dinosauria (Clade) Owen 1841 [Padian & May 1993], nom. cl. inval. Ref: S.J. Nesbitt, 2011: 207 ("dinosaurs") (Padian, 1997).

Branch-based clade

†Pterosauromorpha (Clade) Kuhn-Schnyder & Rieber 1984 [Padian 1997] Ref: S.J. Nesbitt, 2011: 207 (sensu Sereno, 2005).
†Pterosauromorpha (Clade) Kuhn-Schnyder & Rieber 1984 [Padian 1997] Ref: P.C. Sereno, 2005: tables.php [8 Mar 2016].

Current position

Ornithodira (Clade) Gauthier 1986 Ref: S.J. Nesbitt, 2011: 207.

Alternative positions

Avemetatarsalia (Clade) Benton 1999 Ref: P.C. Sereno, 2005: [8 Mar 2016].

Historical positions

Ornithodira (Clade) Gauthier 1986 Ref: S.J. Nesbitt, 2011: 207, fig. 52.
Avemetatarsalia (Clade) Benton 1999 Ref: P.C. Sereno, 2005: tables.php [8 Mar 2016].
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