Ceratosauria edit

Ceratosaurs
Temporal range:
Sinemurian-Maastrichtian, 199.3–66 Ma
 
Skeletal reconstruction of Ceratosaurus nasicornis
 
Skeletal reconstruction of Carnotaurus sastrei
Scientific classification  
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Theropoda
Clade: Neotheropoda
Clade: Averostra
Clade: Ceratosauria
Marsh, 1884
Subgroups

Tetanurae edit

Tetanurans
Temporal range:
Early JurassicPresent, 201–0 Ma
 
Skeleton of Monolophosaurus jiangi
Scientific classification  
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Theropoda
Clade: Neotheropoda
Clade: Averostra
Clade: Tetanurae
Gauthier, 1986
Subgroups
Synonyms
  • Avipoda Novas, 1992
  • Avetheropoda?
  • Orionides?

Carnosauria edit

Carnosaurs
Temporal range:
Middle JurassicLate Cretaceous, 174–89 Ma Possible Late Toarcian and Late Maastrichtian records.
 
Replica of a Giganotosaurus carolinii skeleton
Scientific classification  
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Theropoda
Clade: Avetheropoda
Clade: Carnosauria
von Huene, 1920
Subgroups

Carcharodontosauria edit

Carcharodontosaurians
Temporal range: 154–90 Ma Possible Campanian record
 
Reconstructed Carcharodontosaurus skull, Science Museum of Minnesota
Scientific classification  
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Theropoda
Clade: Allosauria
Clade: Carcharodontosauria
Stromer, 1931
Subgroups
Uncertain or possible members
Synonyms
  • Acrocanthosauridae Molnar, 2003

Avialae edit

Avialans
Temporal range: Middle JurassicPresent, 150.8–0 Ma Earliest 165 Ma if Anchiornithidae are members
 
Fossil specimen of Jeholornis prima
 
Collage of four extant birds. Clockwise from top-left: Spanish imperial eagle (Aquila adalberti), common ostrich (Struthio camelus), mallard (Anas platyrhynchos), and common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)
Scientific classification  
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Theropoda
Clade: Pennaraptora
Clade: Paraves
Clade: Avialae
Gauthier, 1986
Subgroups

Sauropodomorpha edit

Sauropodomorphs
Temporal range: 233.23–66 Ma
 
Plateosaurus mount on display in Trossingen
 
Apatosaurus mount at the Carnegie Museum
Scientific classification  
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Eusaurischia
Clade: Sauropodomorpha
Huene, 1932
Subgroups

Sauropoda edit

Sauropods
Temporal range:
Late TriassicLate Cretaceous, 228–66 Ma
 
Mounted skeleton of Apatosaurus louisae, Carnegie Museum
Scientific classification  
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Sauropodomorpha
Clade: Anchisauria
Clade: Sauropoda
Marsh, 1878
Subgroups
Synonyms
  • Opisthocoelia Owen, 1860
  • Cetiosauria Seeley, 1870
  • Diplodocia Tornier, 1913

Rebbachisauridae edit

Rebbachisaurids
Temporal range: Late Jurassic to Late Cretaceous, 150–90 Ma
 
Limaysaurus tessonei skeleton restoration
Scientific classification  
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Sauropodomorpha
Clade: Sauropoda
Superfamily: Diplodocoidea
Clade: Diplodocimorpha
Family: Rebbachisauridae
Bonaparte, 1997
Subgroups