Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Reptilia

Phylogeny

Node-based clade		Ref: S.J. Nesbitt, 2011: 195 ("Node").
Reference phylogeny [PhyloCode]		Ref: S.J. Nesbitt, 2011: fig. 53. [implicit]

Defined by the most recent common ancestor (and all its descendants) of

†Aetosaurus ferratus Fraas, 1877		Ref: S.J. Nesbitt, 2011: 195.
Crocodylus niloticus Laurenti, 1768		Ref: S.J. Nesbitt, 2011: 195.
†Prestosuchus chiniquensis Huene, 1938		Ref: S.J. Nesbitt, 2011: 195.
†Rauisuchus tiradentes Huene, 1942		Ref: S.J. Nesbitt, 2011: 195.

Generic clade

Suchia (Clade) Krebs 1974 [Sereno 1991]

Ref: S.J. Nesbitt, 2011: 195.

Current position

Pseudosuchia (Clade) Zittel 1887-1890 [Gauthier & Padian 1985]

Ref: S.J. Nesbitt, 2011: 195. [emended diagnosis]

Alternative positions

Crocodylotarsi ([unranked]) Benton & Clark, 1988	Ref: M.J. Benton, 1990: 16.
Crurotarsi (Clade) Sereno & Arcucci 1990	Ref: M.J. Benton, 2004: fig. 1.8A. [out of scope (coherent)]

Historical positions

Pseudosuchia (Clade) Zittel 1887-1890 [Gauthier & Padian 1985]	Src: S.J. Nesbitt, 2011: 195, figs. 51, 53. [emended diagnosis]
Crurotarsi (Clade) Sereno & Arcucci 1990	Src: M.J. Benton, 2004: 14, fig. 1.8A. [out of scope (coherent)]
Crocodylotarsi ([unranked]) Benton & Clark, 1988	Src: M.J. Benton, 1990: 16.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	1o;3f;9g;25s;16ss; ‡1g;1s; †6o;37f;237g;155s;41
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 24 Nov 2023	[1o;3f;9g;25s]