Pedigree: Clade of Archosauria

The PEDIGREE of

Clade of Archosauria

Note: It seems a severe violation of taxonomy that the Class of Birds is just part of an Infraclass within Reptiles, but that is the conclusion of modern genetic studies. Similarly, all tetrapods descend from the class of lobe-finned fishes. For related reasons, a clade like Sauropsida is sometimes called Subclass, sometimes Superclass!

"Child(ren)": Superorder Crocodylomorpha (Crurotarsi) ; Superclass Ornithodira

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														/	-- Phylum Chordata +	====> [ 63]
													/	-- Clade Craniata
												/	-- Subphylum Vertebrata
											/	-- Infraphylum Gnathostomata
										/	-- Microphylum Teleostomi
									/	-- Superclass Osteichthyes (Bony fishes)
								/	-- Class Sarcopterygii (Lobe-finned Fishes)
							/	-- Clade of Rhipidistia
						/	-- Subclass Tetrapodamorpha
					/	-- Infraphylum Tetrapoda
				/	-- Microphylum Amniota
			/	-- Class Sauropsida
		/	-- Clade Romeriida
	/	-- Subclass Diapsida
/	-- Infraclass Archosauromorpha
/
- Clade of Archosauria

``3-Great Grandchildren:'' Subfamily Alligatorinae ; Clade Tetanurae

``9-Great Grandchild:'' Subclass Neornithes