Theropoda (classifications)

Taxonavigation

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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
Divisio: Archosauria
Cladus: Avemetatarsalia
Cladus: Ornithodira
Subtaxon: Dinosauromorpha
Cladus: Dinosauriformes
Cladus: Dracohors
Cladus: Dinosauria
Cladus: Saurischia
Cladus: Eusaurischia
Subordo: Theropoda

Name

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Theropoda Marsh, 1881

Classifications

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Thulborn (1975)

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R. A. Thulborn. 1975. Dinosaur polyphyly and the classification of archosaurs and birds. Australian Jounal of Zoology 23:249-270 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano][1]

Class Aves

  • Subclass †Archaeornithes
    • Order †Archaeopterygiformes
    • Order †Theropoda
  • Subclass Neornithes

Bakker (1986)

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

Infraclass Theropoda

  • Podokesaurs
  • Neotheropoda
    • Ceratosaurs
    • Dinoaves
      • Allosaurs
      • Tyrannosaurs
      • Ornithomimids
      • Dromaeosaurs
      • Superorder Aves
        • Archaeopteryx
        • Ichthyornis
        • Hesperornis
        • Modern birds

Paul (1988)

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Paul, G. S. (1988). Predatory Dinosaurs of the World. New York: Simon & Schuster. ISBN 0-671-61946-2.

Superorder Theropoda

  • Order Paleotheropoda
    • Suborder Ceratosauria
      • Family Procompsognathidae
      • Family Coelophysidae
        • Subfamily Coelophysinae
        • Subfamily Halticosaurinae
      • Family Spinosauridae
      • Family Ceratosauridae
    • Suborder Intertheropoda
      • Family Megalosauridae
        • Subfamily Megalosaurinae
        • Subfamily Abelisaurinae
        • Subfamily Noasaurinae
      • Family Eustreptospondylidae
        • Subfamily Eustreptospondylinae
        • Subfamily Metriacanthosaurinae
  • Order Avetheropoda
    • Suborder Compsognathia
      • Family Compsognathidae
    • Suborder Coeluria
      • Family Coeluridae
    • Suborder Allosauria
      • Family Allosauridae
        • Subfamily Ornitholestinae
        • Subfamily Allosaurinae
      • Family Tyrannosauridae
        • Subfamily Aublysodontinae
        • Subfamily Tyrannosaurinae
    • Suborder Protoavia
      • Family Archaeopterygidae
        • Subfamily Archaeopteryginae
        • Subfamily Dromaeosaurinae
      • Family Caenagnathidae
        • Subfamily Caenagnathinae
        • Subfamily Oviraptorinae
      • Family Ornithomimidae
        • Subfamily Garudimiminae
        • Subfamily Deinocherinae
        • Subfamily Ornithomiminae
      • Family Troodontidae
      • Family Avimimidae

Olshevsky (1991)

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Olshevsky, G. (1991). A revision of the parainfraclass Archosauria Cope, 1869, excluding the advanced Crocodylia. Mesozoic Meanderings. 2, 196 pp.

Paraorder Theropoda

  • Parasuborder (or Order) Ceratosauria
    • Family Podokesauridae
    • Family Halticosauridae
    • Family Ceratosauridae
    • Family Megalosauridae
    • Family Abelisauridae
    • Family Noasauridae
  • Suborder Spinosauria
    • Family Baryonychidae
    • Family Spinosauridae
  • Suborder (or Order) Carnosauria
    • Parafamily Eustreptospondylidae
    • Family Allosauridae
    • Family Itemiridae
    • Family Dryptosauridae
    • Parafamily Aublysodontidae
    • Family Tyrannosauridae
  • Parasuborder Protoaviformes
    • Family Protoavidae
  • Suborder Coelurosauria
    • Family Compsognathidae
    • Family Coeluridae
    • Family Avisauridae
  • Suborder (or Order) Ornithomimosauria
    • Family Ornithomimidae
    • Family Deinocheiridae
  • Suborder Deinonychosauria
    • Parafamily Archaeopterygidae
    • Family Dromaeosauridae
    • Family Troodontidae
  • Suborder (or Order) Oviraptorosauria
    • Family Caenagnathidae
    • Family Elmisauridae
    • Family Oviraptoridae
    • Family Ingeniidae
  • Suborder (or Order) Avimimiformes
    • Family Avimimidae

Benton (2005)

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Benton, M. J. (2005), Vertebrate Paleontology, 3rd ed. Blackwell Science Ltd

Suborder Theropoda

  • Infraorder Herrerasauria
  • Infraorder Coelophysoidea
  • Infraorder Ceratosauria
    • Division Neoceratosauria
      • Subdivision Abelisauroidea
        • Family Abelisauridae
        • Family Noasauridae
      • Subdivision Ceratosauridae
  • Infraorder Tetanurae
    • Division Megalosauria
      • Subdivision Spinosauroidea
        • Family Megalosauridae
        • Family Spinosauridae
    • Division Carnosauria
      • Subdivision Allosauroidea
        • Family Allosauridae
        • Family Carcharodontosauridae
        • Family Neovenatoridae
        • Family Metriacanthosauridae
    • Division Coelurosauria
      • Family Coeluridae
      • Subdivision Maniraptoriformes
        • Family Tyrannosauridae
        • Family Ornithomimidae
        • Infradivision Maniraptora
          • Family Alvarezsauridae
          • Family Therizinosauridae
          • Cohort Deinonychosauria
            • Family Troodontidae
            • Family Dromaeosauridae
            • Class Aves

Dubois (2006)

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Dubois A. 2006. — Proposed Rules for the incorporation of nomina of higher-ranked zoological taxa in the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature. 2. The proposed Rules and their rationale. Zoosystema 28 (1) : 165-258.

Ordo Ornithodira