Editing Dinosaur classification (section)

==Benton classification==
As most dinosaur paleontologists have advocated a shift away from traditional, ranked [[Linnaean taxonomy]] in favor of rankless [[phylogenetic]] systems,<ref name=bruchu2001/> few ranked taxonomies of dinosaurs have been published since the 1980s. The following schema is among the most recent, from the third edition of ''[[Vertebrate Palaeontology (Benton)|Vertebrate Palaeontology]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=Benton |first=Michael |author-link=Michael Benton |title=Classification of the vertebrates |url=http://palaeo.gly.bris.ac.uk/benton/vertclass.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081019121413/http://palaeo.gly.bris.ac.uk/benton/vertclass.html |archive-date=2008-10-19}}. Published as an Appendix to {{harvnb|Benton|2004}}</ref> a respected undergraduate textbook. While it is structured so as to reflect evolutionary relationships (similar to a [[cladistics|cladogram]]), it also retains the traditional ranks used in Linnaean taxonomy. The classification has been updated from the second edition in 2000 to reflect new research, but remains fundamentally conservative. 

[[Michael Benton]] classifies all dinosaurs within the Series [[Amniota]], Class [[Sauropsida]], Subclass [[Diapsida]], Infraclass [[Archosauromorpha]], Division [[Archosaur]]ia, Subdivision [[Avemetatarsalia]], Infradivision [[Ornithodira]], and Superorder [[Dinosauria]]. Dinosauria is then divided into the two traditional orders, [[Saurischia]] and [[Ornithischia]]. The dagger (†) is used to indicate taxa with [[extinct|no living members]].

=== Order Saurischia ===

* '''Suborder [[Theropoda]]'''
** †Infraorder [[Herrerasauria]]
** †Infraorder [[Coelophysoidea]]
** †Infraorder [[Ceratosauria]]+
*** †Parvorder [[Neoceratosauria]]+
**** †Superfamily [[Abelisauroidea]]
***** †Family [[Abelisauridae]]
***** †Family [[Noasauridae]]
**** †Family [[Ceratosauridae]]
** Infraorder [[Tetanurae]]
*** †Superfamily [[Megalosauroidea]]
**** †Family [[Megalosauridae]]
**** †Family [[Spinosauridae]]
*** †Parvorder [[Carnosauria]]
**** †Superfamily [[Allosauroidea]]
***** †Family [[Allosauridae]]
***** †Family [[Carcharodontosauridae]]
***** †Family [[Neovenatoridae]]
***** †Family [[Metriacanthosauridae]]
*** Parvorder [[Coelurosauria]]
**** †Family [[Coeluridae]]
**** Division [[Maniraptoriformes]]
***** †Family [[Tyrannosauridae]]
***** †Family [[Ornithomimidae]]
***** Subdivision [[Maniraptora]]
****** †Family [[Alvarezsauridae]]
****** †Family [[Therizinosauridae]]
****** †Infradivision [[Deinonychosauria]]
******* †Family [[Troodontidae]]
******* †Family [[Dromaeosauridae]]
******* Class [[Aves]]
* †'''Suborder [[Sauropodomorpha]]'''
** †''[[Thecodontosaurus]]''
** †Family [[Plateosauridae]]
** †''[[Riojasaurus]]''
** †Family [[Massospondylidae]]
** †Infraorder [[Sauropoda]]
*** †Family [[Vulcanodontidae]]
*** †Family [[Omeisauridae]]
*** †Parvorder [[Neosauropoda]]
**** †Family [[Cetiosauridae]]
**** †Family [[Diplodocidae]]
**** †Division [[Macronaria]]
***** †Family [[Camarasauridae]]
***** †Subdivision [[Titanosauriformes]]
****** †Family [[Brachiosauridae]]
****** †Infradivision [[Somphospondyli]]
******* †Family [[Euhelopodidae]]
******* †Family [[Titanosauridae]]

===†Order Ornithischia [[File:Ornithischia pelvis structure.svg|frameless|40x40px]]===
* †Family [[Pisanosauridae]]
* †Family [[Fabrosauridae]]
* '''†Suborder [[Thyreophora]]'''
** †Family [[Scelidosauridae]]
** †Infraorder [[Stegosauria]]
*** †Family [[Huayangosauridae]] 
*** †Family [[Stegosauridae]]
** †Infraorder [[Ankylosauria]]
*** †Family [[Nodosauridae]]
*** †Family [[Ankylosauridae]]
* '''†Suborder [[Cerapoda]]'''
** †Infraorder [[Pachycephalosauria]]
** †Infraorder [[Ceratopsia]]
*** †Family [[Psittacosauridae]]
*** †Family [[Protoceratopsidae]]
*** †Family [[Ceratopsidae]]
** †Infraorder [[Ornithopoda]]
*** †Family [[Heterodontosauridae]]
*** †Family [[Hypsilophodontidae]]
*** †Family [[Iguanodontidae]] [[Paraphyletic|*]]
*** †Family [[Hadrosauridae]]