Concise hierarchy

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

Phylogeny

Branch-based clade

Ref: P.C. Sereno, 2005: ("stem-based").

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

Crocodylus niloticus Laurenti, 1768

Ref: P.C. Sereno, 2005

Defined by excluded taxon

†Aetosaurus ferratus Fraas, 1877		Ref: P.C. Sereno, 2005
†Gracilisuchus stipanicicorum Romer, 1972		Ref: P.C. Sereno, 2005
†Poposaurus gracilis Mehl, 1915		Ref: P.C. Sereno, 2005: ("Poposarus").
†Prestosuchus chiniquensis Huene, 1938		Ref: P.C. Sereno, 2005

Generic clade

Crocodylomorpha (Clade) Walker 1968 [Clark 1988]

Ref: P.C. Sereno, 2005

Current position

Loricata (Clade) Merrem 1820 [Nesbitt 2011]

Ref: S.J. Nesbitt, 2011: 203.

Alternative positions

Crurotarsi (Clade) Sereno & Arcucci 1990	Ref: D.J. Gower, 2000: fig. 1 [Brochu, 2003: fig. 1].
Suchia (Clade) Krebs 1974 [Sereno 1991]	Ref: M.J. Benton, 2004: fig. 1.8A. [out of scope (coherent)]

Historical positions

Loricata (Clade) Merrem 1820 [Nesbitt 2011]	Src: S.J. Nesbitt, 2011: 203-204, figs. 51, 53.
Crurotarsi (Clade) Sereno & Arcucci 1990	Src: P.C. Sereno, 2005 [rough position] [uncertain]
Suchia (Clade) Krebs 1974 [Sereno 1991]	Src: M.J. Benton, 2004: 14, fig. 1.8A. [out of scope (coherent)]
Crurotarsi (Clade) Sereno & Arcucci 1990	Src: C.A. Brochu, 2003: fig. 1 [Gower, 2000: fig. 1]. [indirect]
Suchia (Clade) Krebs 1974 [Sereno 1991]	Src: M.J. Benton, 1990: 16.

Number of Subtaxa

1989-present

Systema Naturae 2000: 28 Oct 2016

[1c;1o;3f;9g;25s]