Pedigree: Clade Reptiliomorpha

The PEDIGREE of

Clade Reptiliomorpha

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)": Microphylum Amniota (Mammals, Reptiles, etc.) ; extinct Reptiliomorphs

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														/	-- Superphylum Planulozoa +	====> [ 72]
													/	-- Clade of Bilateria and Placozoa
													/		/ (skip this generation?)
												/	-- Branch Bilateria
											/	-- Infrakingdom (Grade) of Coelomates
											/		/ or: prob. Clade Nephrozoa
										/	-- Superphylum Deuterostomia (Chordates, Echinoderms, & kin)
									/	-- Phylum Chordata (Vertebrates, tunicates, and lancelets)
								/	-- Clade Craniata
							/	-- Subphylum Vertebrata (510 M BC - ?)
						/	-- Infraphylum Gnathostomata (Jawed Vertebrates)
					/	-- Microphylum Teleostomi (Bony fishes & Spiny sharks)
				/	-- Superclass Osteichthyes (Bony fishes)
			/	-- Class Sarcopterygii (Lobe-finned Fishes)
		/	-- Clade of Rhipidistia
	/	-- Subclass Tetrapodamorpha
/	-- Infraphylum Tetrapoda
/
- Clade Reptiliomorpha

``2-Great Grandchildren:'' Subclass Diapsida ; Suborder Cynodontia

(poss.) ``6-Great Grandchildren:'' Hypoorder Toxicofera ; Suborder Scleroglossa ; Order Crocodilia ; Clade Dinosauria ; Suborder Cryptodira ; Subclass Theriiformes (Therial Mammals) ; Subclass Yinotheria