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Taxon: Family †Allosauridae Marsh, 1878 (dinosaur)
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Concise hierarchy

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

Subsequent entries

Questionably Valdoraptor (Genus) Olshevsky, 1991, nom. dub. Ref: G. Olshevsky, 1991: 113 ("provisionally").

Current position

Allosauria (Clade) Paul 1988 [Hendrickx, Hartman & Mateus 2015] Ref: M.T. Carrano et al., 2012: App. 1 (p. 292). [inferred rank]

Alternative positions

Allosauroidea (Subdivision) Currie & Zhao, 1994 Ref: M.J. Benton, 2005: 397.
Carnosauria (Suborder) Huene, 1920 Ref: G. Olshevsky, 1991: 111.
Carnosauria (Infraorder) Huene, 1920 Ref: D. Lambert & the Diagram Group, 1991(1997): 109.
Theropoda (Suborder) Marsh, 1881 Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: App. (p. 621).
Tyrannosauroidea (Superfamily) Osborn, 1906 Ref: J.F. Bonaparte et al., 1990: 40.

Historical positions

Allosauria (Clade) Paul 1988 [Hendrickx, Hartman & Mateus 2015] Ref: M.T. Carrano et al., 2012: App. 1 (p. 292).
Allosauroidea (Subdivision) Currie & Zhao, 1994 Ref: M.J. Benton, 2005: 397, box 8.5.
Carnosauria (Infraorder) Huene, 1920 Ref: D. Lambert & the Diagram Group, 1991(1997): 109, 130.
Carnosauria (Infraorder) Huene, 1920 Ref: P. Uetz, [1995-]1996: 30 Dec 1996.
Carnosauria (Suborder) Huene, 1920 Ref: G. Olshevsky, 1991: 111.
Carnosauria (Infraorder) Huene, 1920 Ref: B. Gardiner et al., 1989: 302.
Theropoda (Suborder) Marsh, 1881 Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: App. (p. 621).
Carnosauria (Infraorder) Huene, 1920 Ref: B. Grzimek et al., 1973 (1971): 595.

Number of Subtaxa

2026 Available in Systema Naturae 2000 †2g;4s;1
1989-present Systema Naturae 2000: 10 Nov 2025 [; †2g]
1991(1997) D. Lambert & the Diagram Group: 130 [; †[<]8g]
1991 G. Olshevsky: 111 †11(7)[17]g;18(10)s
1988 R.L. Carroll: App. (p. 621) [; †5g]
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