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Paraphyletic? taxon: Rauisuchia Bonaparte, 1982 - rauisuchians (reptile)
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Concise hierarchy

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

Phylogeny

Questionably Paraphyletic/Ancestral (para) Ref: M.J. Benton, 2005: 141.

Included, by definition, in node-based clade

Crurotarsi (Clade) Sereno & Arcucci 1990 Ref: S.J. Nesbitt, 2011: 192 (Sereno & Arcucci, 1990).
Suchia (Clade) Krebs 1974 [Sereno 1991] Ref: S.J. Nesbitt, 2011: 195 (Sereno, 1991a).

Excluded, by definition, from branch-based clade

Aetosauria (Clade) Marsh 1884 [Heckert & Lucas 2000] Ref: S.J. Nesbitt, 2011: 196 ("rauisuchians") (Heckert & Lucas, 2000). [implicit]

Current position

Suchia (Clade) Krebs 1974 [Sereno 1991] Ref: M.J. Benton, 2004: 14. [out of scope (coherent)]

Alternative positions

Crurotarsi (Clade) Sereno & Arcucci 1990 Ref: D.J. Gower, 2000: fig. 1 [Brochu, 2003: fig. 1].
Crurotarsi (Subdivision) Sereno & Arcucci, 1990 Ref: M.J. Benton, 2005: box 6.1.
Pseudosuchia (Clade) Zittel 1887-1890 [Gauthier & Padian 1985] Ref: M.J. Benton, 1990: 15. [implicit]

Historical positions

Crurotarsi (Subdivision) Sereno & Arcucci, 1990 Ref: M.J. Benton, 2005: 141, box 6.1.
Suchia (Clade) Krebs 1974 [Sereno 1991] Ref: M.J. Benton, 2004: 14. [out of scope (coherent)]
Crurotarsi (Clade) Sereno & Arcucci 1990 Ref: C.A. Brochu, 2003: fig. 1 [Gower, 2000: fig. 1]. [indirect]
Pseudosuchia (Clade) Zittel 1887-1890 [Gauthier & Padian 1985] Ref: M.J. Benton, 1990: 15, 16. [implicit]

Number of Subtaxa

2024 Available in Systema Naturae 2000 †2f;1g;1s
1989-present Systema Naturae 2000: 10 Jul 2017 [; †4f]
2005 M.J. Benton: 141 [; †4f]
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