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Torvosauroidea (disused)

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Torvosauroidea was named by Sereno et al. (1994). Its type is Torvosaurus.

It was synonymized subjectively with Spinosauroidea by Olshevsky (1995).

It was assigned to Tetanurae by Sereno et al. (1994).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Torvosauroidea Sereno et al. p. 268

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
RankNameAuthor
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Theropoda()
Tetanurae
superfamilyTorvosauroidea
superfamilyTorvosauroidea

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Superfm. †Torvosauroidea Sereno et al. 1994
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available