Diapsida

Prestosuchus chiniquensis

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
Infraclasses: Sauria
Ordo: †Ichthyosauria
Ordines incertae sedis: †Araeoscelidia – †Younginiformes
Familiae incertae sedis: †Drepanosauridae – †Longisquamidae – †Weigeltisauridae

Name

Diapsida Osborn, 1903

Alternative classifications

Bakker (1986)

Bakker, Robert T. (1986), The Dinosaur Heresies, William Morrow.

Superclass Diapsida

• “Lizards”
• “Snakes”
• “Turtles”?
  • Class Archosauria
    • “Rhynchosaurs”?
    • “Crimson crocs”
    • “Ornithosuchids”
    • “Phytosaurs”
    • “Aetosaurs”
    • “Crocodilians”
    • Subclass Dinosauria
      • Lagosuchus
      • Order Pterosauria
        • “Dimorphodons”
        • “Rhamphorynchs”
        • Pterodaustro
        • “Pterodactylids”
        • “Ornithocheirs”
      • Infraclass Phytodinosauria
        • “Anchisaurs”
        • Superorder Sauropoda
          • “Cetiosaurs”
          • “Brachiosaurs”
          • “Diplodocids”
          • “Titanosaurs”
        • Superorder Predentata
          • Ornithopoda
            • “Heterodontosaurs”
            • “Nanosaurs”
            • “Hypsilophodonts”
            • “Iguanodonts”
            • “Hadrosaurs”
          • Thyreophora
            • Orbitoscuta
              • “Pachycephalosaurs”
              • “Scelidosaurs”
              • “Stegosaurs”
              • Ankylosauria
                • “Nodosaurs”
                • “Ankylosaurids”
            • Ceratopsia
              • “Psittacosaurs”
              • “Protoceratopsids”
              • “Ceratopsids”
      • “Herrerasaurs”
      • Infraclass Theropoda
        • “Podokesaurs”
        • Neotheropoda
          • "Ceratosaurs"
          • Dinoaves
            • “Allosaurs”
            • “Ornithomimids”
            • “Tyrannosaurs”
            • “Dromaeosaurs”
            • Superorder Aves
              • Archaeopteryx
              • Ichthyornis
              • Hesperornis
              • “Modern birds”

Pough et al. (2006)

From The vertebrate life, 6th ed.

[Fig. 16.1:]

Diapsida

• basal diapsids†
• Sauria (Neodiapsida)
  • Archosauromorpha
    • Rhynchosauria†
    • Prolacertiformes†
    • Archosauria
      • Proterosuchidae†
      • Erythrosuchidae†
      • Crurotarsi
        • Ornithosuchidae†
        • Phytosauridae†
        • Stagonolepidae†
        • Rauisuchia†
        • Crocodylomorpha
      • Ornithodira
        • Pterosauria†
        • Dinosauria
          • Ornithischia†
          • Saurischia†
            • Aves
  • Lepidosauromorpha
    • Sauropterygia†
      • Placodontia†
      • Plesiosauria†
    • Lepidosauria
      • Sphenodontia
      • Squamata
  • ?Ichthyosauria†

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Diapside Reptilien
English: Diapsid
español: Dyapsida
suomi: Diapsidit
français: Diapsides
日本語: 双弓類
한국어: 이궁류
polski: diapsydy
українська: Діапсиди
中文: 雙孔亞綱

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