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Saurischia (saurischian)

Taxonomy
Saurischia was named by Seeley (1888). It is extant. It was considered monophyletic by Nesbitt (2011).

It was reranked as the unranked clade Saurischia by Gauthier and Padian (1985), Gauthier (1986), Brinkman and Sues (1987), Gauthier et al. (1989), Novas (1989), Rowe (1989), Benton (1990), Novas (1992), Novas (1992), Novas (1993), Sereno et al. (1993), Novas (1996), Sereno (1997), Sereno (1998), Sereno (1999), Maisch and Matzke (2003), Langer (2004), Irmis (2005), Langer and Benton (2006), Ezcurra (2006), Martínez and Alcober (2009), Nesbitt (2011), Cabreira et al. (2011) and Taylor et al. (2011).

It was assigned to Archosauromorpha by Huene (1948); to Reptilia by Seeley (1888), Parks (1928), Estes (1964) and del Corro (1975); to Archosauria by Haughton and Brink (1954), Romer (1966), Haubold (1971), Thulborn (1975) and Thurmond and Jones (1981); to Archosauria by Romer (1956), Ostrom (1980) and Carroll (1988); to Eudinosauria by Novas (1992) and Novas (1992); to Dinosauria by Seeley (1888), Cope (1889), Cope (1891), Cope (1898), Huene (1909), Lull (1915), Cooper (1981), Zhao (1983), Long and Murry (1995) and Peng et al. (2001); to Dinosauria by Nopcsa (1923) and Gao and Liu (2005); to Dinosauria by Gauthier and Padian (1985), Gauthier (1986), Brinkman and Sues (1987), Gauthier et al. (1989), Novas (1989), Rowe (1989), Benton (1990), Novas (1993), Sereno et al. (1993), Novas (1996), Sereno (1997), Sereno (1998), Sereno (1999), Maisch and Matzke (2003), Langer (2004), Irmis (2005), Langer and Benton (2006), Ezcurra (2006), Martínez and Alcober (2009), Nesbitt (2011), Cabreira et al. (2011) and Taylor et al. (2011); and to Dinosauria by Novas et al. (2011).

Subtaxa
Alwalkeria (syn. Walkeria), Anatopus, Anticheiropus, Argoides (syn. Argozoum, Argoides robustus), Deuterotetrapous, Eusaurischia, Pachypodosauria, Platypterna (syn. Calopus), Plesiornis, Saurichnium, Sauropodomorpha (syn. Euskelosaurus browni, Euskelosaurus, Pachysuchus), Tetrapodium, Theropoda (syn. Avalonia, Ozraptor, Walgettosuchus, Megalosauripus, Allosaurus sibiricus, Embasaurus, Poekilopleuron schmidti, Szechuanosaurus, Wakinosaurus, Zanclodon cambrensis, Megalosaurus cloacinus, Megalosaurus dunkeri, Megalosaurus hungaricus, Megalosaurus insignis, Megalosaurus lydekkeri, Saurocephalus monasterii, Megalosaurus obtusus, Megalosaurus pombali, Massospondylus rawesi, Zanclodon silesiacus, Kakuru kujani, Kakuru), Trimabus
Sister taxa
Harpagosauria, Therosauria

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Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1882Thecospondylus Seeley
1882Thecospondylus horneri Seeley p. 457
1888Thecospondylus Lydekker pp. 152-153
1888Thecospondylus horneri Lydekker p. 153
1888Coelurus daviesi Lydekker p. 156
1888Saurischia Seeley
1888Thecospondylus horneri Seeley p. 79
1888Thecospondylus daviesi Seeley pp. 83-84
1889Saurischia Cope p. 16
1889Coelurus daviesi Lydekker p. 120
1890Coelurus daviesi Woodward and Sherborn p. 222
1890Thecospondylus horneri Woodward and Sherborn p. 292
1891Saurischia Cope p. 43
1891Coelurus daviesi Lydekker p. 43
1898Saurischia Cope p. 68
1909Saurischia Huene p. 13
1909Thecospondylus Huene p. 13
1911Thecospondylus von Zittel p. 280
1914Thecospondylus Huene p. 34
1915Saurischia Lull p. 117
1920Thecospondylus Huene p. 162
1923Thecocoelurus daviesi Huene
1923Saurischia Nopcsa p. 125
1926Thecocoelurus horneri Huene p. 85
1926Thecospondylus Huene p. 85
1926Thecospondylus daviesi Huene p. 85
1926Thecocoelurus daviesi Huene pp. 485-486
1928Saurischia Parks p. 3
1936Thecocoelurus daviesi Swinton p. 207
1948Saurischia Huene p. 88
1954Saurischia Haughton and Brink p. 4
1956Saurischia Romer p. 607
1956Thecospondylus Romer p. 612
1964Saurischia Estes p. 142
1966Saurischia Romer p. 369
1966Thecospondylus Romer p. 369
1970Thecocoelurus daviesi Steel p. 17
1970Thecospondylus Steel p. 17
1970Thecospondylus horneri Steel p. 17
1971Saurischia Haubold p. 63
1975Saurischia Thulborn p. 267
1975Saurischia del Corro p. 231
1980Saurischia Ostrom p. 21
1981Saurischia Cooper p. 694
1981Saurischia Thurmond and Jones p. 143
1983Saurischia Zhao p. 295
1985Saurischia Gauthier and Padian pp. 189-190 fig. 1
1986Saurischia Gauthier p. 14
1987Saurischia Brinkman and Sues p. 502 fig. 7
1988Saurischia Carroll
1989Saurischia Gauthier et al. p. 346
1989Saurischia Novas p. 686 fig. 2
1989Saurischia Rowe
1990Saurischia Benton p. 19
1992Saurischia Novas pp. 59-60 fig. 6
1993Saurischia Novas p. 110
1993Saurischia Sereno et al. p. 65 fig. 2
1995Saurischia Long and Murry p. 171
1996Thecocoelurus daviesi Hutt et al. p. 636
1996Saurischia Novas p. 737 fig. 10
1997Saurischia Sereno p. 444
1998Saurischia Sereno p. 63
1999Teyuwasu Kischlat
1999Saurischia Sereno p. 2138 fig. 2
2001Saurischia Peng et al. p. 36
2003Saurischia Maisch and Matzke p. 282
2004Saurischia Langer p. 27
2005Saurischia Gao and Liu p. 313
2005Saurischia Irmis p. 81
2006Saurischia Ezcurra p. 657 fig. 3
2006Saurischia Langer and Benton pp. 345-347 fig. 15
2009Saurischia Martínez and Alcober p. 11 fig. 10
2011Saurischia Cabreira et al. p. 1036
2011Saurischia Nesbitt p. 211 fig. 52
2011Saurischia Novas et al. p. 335
2011Saurischia Taylor et al. p. 78

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