Archosauria

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha
Cladus: Crurotarsi
Cladus: Archosauria
Cladi: Avemetatarsalia – Pseudosuchia

secundum Benton, 1985

Cladus: Archosauria
Cladi: Dinosauromorpha – Suchia – †Erythrosuchidae – †Euparkeriidae – †Proterochampsidae

secundum Gauthier, 1986

Cladus: Archosauria
Cladi: Ornithosuchia – Pseudosuchia

secundum Nesbitt et al., 2017

Cladus: Archosauria
Cladi: Avemetatarsalia – Pseudosuchia

secundum Ezcurra et al., 2017

Cladus: Archosauria
Cladi: Panaves – Pseudosuchia

Name

Archosauria Cope, 1869: 26

References

Primary references

• Cope, E.D. 1869–70. Synopsis of the extinct batrachia, reptilia and aves of North America. Part I [1869] pp. 1–104, II [1870] pp. 105–252. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society 14: 1–252. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.60499 BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Benton, M.J. 1985. Classification and phylogeny of the diapsid reptiles. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 84(2): 97–164. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1985.tb01796.x PDF Reference page. 
• Gauthier, J. 1986. Saurischian Monophyly and the Origin of Birds. In: Padian, K. (ed.) The Origin of Birds and the Evolution of Flight. Memoirs of the California Academy of Sciences 8: 1–55. BHL Reference page. 
• Nesbitt, S.J., Butler, R.J., Ezcurra, M.D., Barrett, P.M., Stocker, M.R., Angielczyk, K.D., Smith, R.M.H., Sidor, C.A., Niedźwiedzki, G., Sennikov, A.G. & Charig, A.J. 2017. The earliest bird-line archosaurs and the assembly of the dinosaur body plan. Nature 544: 484–487. DOI: 10.1038/nature22037 ResearchGate Reference page. 
• Ezcurra, M.D., Nesbitt, S.J., Bronzati, M., Dalla Vecchia, F.M., Agnolin, F.L., Benson, R.B.J., Egli, F.B., Cabreira, S.F., Evers, S.W., Gentil, A.R., Irmis, R.B., Martinelli, A.G., Novas, F.E., da Silva, L.R., Smith, N.D., Stocker, M.R., Turner, A.H. & Langer, M.C. 2020. Enigmatic dinosaur precursors bridge the gap to the origin of Pterosauria. Nature 588: 445–449. DOI: 10.1038/s41586-020-3011-4 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

čeština: Archosauři
Deutsch: Archosauria
English: Archosaur
فارسی: شاه‌مولکان
français: Archosauria
עברית: ארכוזאוריה
日本語: 主竜類
한국어: 조룡류
Nederlands: Archosauria
polski: Archozaury
русский: Архозавры
Türkçe: Arkozor
українська: Архозаври
Tiếng Việt: Archosauria

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