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Allosauria

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Allosauria was named by Paul (1988). It is not extant.

It was reranked as the unranked clade Allosauria by Carrano et al. (2012) and Chure and Loewen (2020).

It was assigned to Avetheropoda by Paul (1988); to Allosauroidea by Carrano et al. (2012); and to Allosaurioidea by Chure and Loewen (2020).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1988Allosauria Paul p. 301
2012Allosauria Carrano et al. p. 248 fig. 7
2020Allosauria Chure and Loewen p. 8

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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()
superfamilyAllosauroidea
Allosauria()
Allosauria()

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.

Unr. †Allosauria Paul 1988
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Fm. †Allosauridae Marsh 1878 [allosaurid]
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G. †Saurophaganax Chure 1995
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Saurophaganax maximus Chure 1995
Invalid names: Allosaurinae Paul 1988 [empty], Antrodemidae Stromer 1934 [synonym], Ornitholestinae Paul 1988 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available