Pedigree: Superclass Ornithodira

The PEDIGREE of

Superclass Ornithodira

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)": Class Aves ; Dinosaurs ; Pterosaurs

_____	_____	____	____	____	____	____	____	____	____	____	____	____	____	____	____
														/	-- Clade Craniata +	====> [ 63]
													/	-- 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
/
- Superclass Ornithodira

``2-Great Grandchildren:'' Legion Neoaves ; Infraclass Galloanserae (Fowl)

``5-Great Grandchildren:'' Cohort Passerae (Land Birds) ; Order Charadriiformes (Shore Birds) ; Superorder Pelecanimorphae (Water Birds) ; Family Columbidae (Doves & Pigeons) ; Order Apodiformes (Hummingbirds & Swifts) ; Family Phasianidae