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Node-based clade: Archosauromorpha Huene 1946 [Benton 1985], nom. cl. inval. (vertebrate)

Entity:

Concise hierarchy

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

Phylogeny

Node-based clade

Ref: M. Laurin, 1991: 90. [implicit]

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

*Archosauria* (Clade) Cope 1869 [Gauthier & Padian 1985], nom. cl. inval.		Ref: M. Laurin, 1991: 90 ("archosaurs").
†*Hyperodapedon* (Genus) Huxley, 1859		Ref: M. Laurin, 1991: 90.
†*Prolacerta* (Genus) Parrington, 1935		Ref: M. Laurin, 1991: 90.
†*Trilophosaurus* (Genus) Case, 1928		Ref: M. Laurin, 1991: 90.

Generic clade

Archosauromorpha (Clade) Huene 1946 [Benton 1985], nom. cl. inval.

Ref: M. Laurin, 1991: 90.

Current position

Sauria (Clade) McCartney 1802 [Gauthier, Kluge & Rowe 1988], nom. cl. inval.

Ref: R.R. Reisz et al., 2011: fig. 4.

Alternative positions

*Diapsida* (Clade) Osborn 1903 [Laurin 1991]	Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 467.
*Neodiapsida* (Clade) Benton 1985	Ref: M.J. Benton, 2004: fig. 1.2. [out of scope (coherent)]

Historical positions

*Diapsida* (Clade) Osborn 1903 [Laurin 1991]	Src: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 467.
*Neodiapsida* (Clade) Benton 1985	Src: M.J. Benton, 2004: fig. 1.2. [out of scope (coherent)]
*Sauria* (Clade) McCartney 1802 [Gauthier, Kluge & Rowe 1988], nom. cl. inval.	Src: M. Laurin, 1991: 83, 90, fig. 11. [emended diagnosis]

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