Concise hierarchy

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

Phylogeny

Branch-based clade		Ref: S.J. Nesbitt, 2011: 196 ("Stem").
Reference phylogeny [PhyloCode]		Ref: S.J. Nesbitt, 2011: fig. 51. [inferred]

Defined by included taxon (and all taxa more closely related to it than to the excluded taxon)

†Aetosaurus ferratus Fraas, 1877		Ref: S.J. Nesbitt, 2011: 196.
†Desmatosuchus haplocerus Cope, 1892		Ref: S.J. Nesbitt, 2011: 196.

Defined by excluded taxon

Crocodylus niloticus Laurenti, 1768		Ref: S.J. Nesbitt, 2011: 196.
†Gracilisuchus stipanicicorum Romer, 1972		Ref: S.J. Nesbitt, 2011: 196.
†Poposaurus gracilis Mehl, 1915		Ref: S.J. Nesbitt, 2011: 196.
†Postosuchus kirkpatricki Chatterjee, 1985		Ref: S.J. Nesbitt, 2011: 196.
†Prestosuchus chiniquensis Huene, 1938		Ref: S.J. Nesbitt, 2011: 196.
†Revueltosaurus callenderi Hunt, 1989		Ref: S.J. Nesbitt, 2011: 196.
†Rutiodon carolinensis (Emmons, 1856)		Ref: S.J. Nesbitt, 2011: 196.

Generic clade

†Aetosauria (Clade) Marsh 1884 [Heckert & Lucas 2000]

Ref: S.J. Nesbitt, 2011: 196.

Current position

Suchia (Clade) Krebs 1974 [Sereno 1991]

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

Alternative positions

Crurotarsi (Clade) Sereno & Arcucci 1990	Ref: D.J. Gower, 2000: fig. 1 [Brochu, 2003: fig. 1].
Pseudosuchia (Clade) Zittel 1887-1890 [Gauthier & Padian 1985]	Ref: M.J. Benton, 1990: 16.

Historical positions

Suchia (Clade) Krebs 1974 [Sereno 1991]	Src: S.J. Nesbitt, 2011: 195-196, fig. 51. [emended diagnosis]
Crurotarsi (Clade) Sereno & Arcucci 1990	Src: C.A. Brochu, 2003: fig. 1 [Gower, 2000: fig. 1]. [indirect]
Pseudosuchia (Clade) Zittel 1887-1890 [Gauthier & Padian 1985]	Src: M.J. Benton, 1990: 16.

Number of Subtaxa

2024

Available in Systema Naturae 2000

†1g;1s