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Monotypic taxon: Genus †Proceratosaurus Huene, 1926 (dinosaur)
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Concise hierarchy

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

Included, by definition, in branch-based clade

Proceratosauridae (Clade) Rauhut et al. 2010 Ref: C. Hendrickx et al., 2015: table (p. 70) (Rauhut et al., 2010).

Current position

Proceratosauridae (Family) Rauhut et al., 2010 Ref: S.L. Brusatte & T.D. Carr, 2016: fig. 2. [implicit]

Alternative positions

Allosauridae (Family) Marsh, 1878 Ref: D. Lambert & the Diagram Group, 1991(1997): 87. [alternative position]
Ceratosauridae (Family) Marsh, 1884 Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: App. (p. 621).
Coeluridae (Family) Marsh, 1881 Ref: D. Lambert & the Diagram Group, 1991(1997): 87.
Coelurosauria (Clade) Huene 1914 [Gauthier 1986] Ref: T.R. Holtz Jr. et al., 2004: table 4.1 (p. [76]).
Megalosauridae (Family) Fitzinger, 1843 Ref: B. Gardiner et al., 1989
Ornitholestinae (Subfamily) Paul, 1988 Ref: G. Olshevsky, 1991: 120 (Paul, 1988). [by reference]
Proceratosauridae (Clade) Rauhut et al. 2010 Ref: S.L. Brusatte & T.D. Carr, 2016: fig. 2.

Historical positions

Proceratosauridae (Clade) Rauhut et al. 2010 Ref: S.L. Brusatte & T.D. Carr, 2016: fig. 2; fig. 1.
Proceratosauridae (Clade) Rauhut et al. 2010 Ref: C. Hendrickx et al., 2015: 11 (fig. 4).
Coelurosauria (Clade) Huene 1914 [Gauthier 1986] Ref: M.T. Carrano et al., 2012: App. 1 (p. 292), fig. 8A. [rough position]
Coelurosauria (Clade) Huene 1914 [Gauthier 1986] Ref: T.R. Holtz Jr. et al., 2004: table 4.1 (p. [76]), 95 (fig. 4.20); fig. S.2.
Coeluridae (Family) Marsh, 1881 Ref: D. Lambert & the Diagram Group, 1991(1997): 87.
Allosauridae (Family) Marsh, 1878 Ref: D. Lambert & the Diagram Group, 1991(1997): 87. [alternative position]
Coeluridae (Family) Marsh, 1881 Ref: G. Olshevsky, 1991: 120.
Megalosauridae (Family) Fitzinger, 1843 Ref: B. Gardiner et al., 1989: 302.
Ceratosauridae (Family) Marsh, 1884 Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: App. (p. 621).

Number of Subtaxa

2026 Available in Systema Naturae 2000 †1s
1989-present Systema Naturae 2000: 2 Jan 2019 [; †1s]
2004 T.R. Holtz Jr. et al. [; †1s]
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