Concise hierarchy

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

Phylogeny

Crown clade

Ref: J.A. Gauthier & K. Padian, 2020: [1187] ("crown").

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

Crocodylus niloticus Laurenti, 1768		Ref: P.C. Sereno et al., 2001: 1519 (note 27).
Gavialis gangeticus (Gmelin, 1789)		Ref: P.C. Sereno et al., 2001: 1519 (note 27).

Excluded, by definition, from branch-based clade

Lepidosauromorpha (Clade) Benton 1983 [Benton 1985]

Ref: J. Gauthier et al., 1988a: 27 ("crocodiles").

Node-based clade

Crocodylia (Clade) Gmelin 1789 [Clark 1988]

Ref: C.A. Brochu, 2003: table 1 (p. 360).

Current position

Eusuchia (Clade) Huxley 1875 {Brochu 2003}

Ref: E. Puértolas et al., 2011: fig. 5.

Alternative positions

Archosauria (Clade) Cope 1869 [Gauthier & Padian 1985], nom. cl. inval.	Ref: T. Rowe, 1988: fig. 1.
Eusuchia (Suborder) Huxley, 1875	Ref: Blanco et al., 2014: 7
Neosuchia (Clade) Benton & Clark 1988 [Sereno, Larsson, Sidor & Gado 2001]	Ref: P.C. Sereno & H.C.E. Larsson, 2009: fig. 43A.

Historical positions

Eusuchia (Clade) Huxley 1875 {Brochu 2003}	Ref: C.A. Brochu, 2012: 532, fig. 13. [implicit]
Eusuchia (Clade) Huxley 1875 {Brochu 2003}	Ref: E. Puértolas et al., 2011: 3, fig. 5.
Neosuchia (Clade) Benton & Clark 1988 [Sereno, Larsson, Sidor & Gado 2001]	Ref: P.C. Sereno & H.C.E. Larsson, 2009: figs. 3, 43A.
Archosauria (Clade) Cope 1869 [Gauthier & Padian 1985], nom. cl. inval.	Ref: N. Iwabe et al., 2005: fig. 1c.
Eusuchia (Clade) Huxley 1875 {Brochu 2003}	Ref: C.A. Brochu, 2003: table 1 (p. 360), figs. 1, 2.
Archosauria (Clade) Cope 1869 [Gauthier & Padian 1985], nom. cl. inval.	Ref: T. Rowe, 1988: fig. 1.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	3f;9g;25s;16ss; ‡1g;1s; †58g;69s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 1 Apr 2017	[3f;9g;25s]