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Node-based clade: Metasuchia Benton & Clark 1988 [Sereno, Larsson, Sidor & Gado 2001] (reptile)
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Concise hierarchy

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

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).
Notosuchus terrestris Woodward, 1896 Ref: P.C. Sereno et al., 2001: 1519 (note 27).

Current position

Mesoeucrocodylia (Clade) Whetstone & Whybrow 1983 [Sereno, Larsson, Sidor & Gado 2001] Ref: P.C. Sereno & H.C.E. Larsson, 2009: 8.

Alternative positions

Mesoeucrocodylia (Suborder) Whetstone & Whybrow, 1983 Ref: P.C. Sereno & H.C.E. Larsson, 2009: 8. [implicit]

Historical positions

Mesoeucrocodylia (Clade) Whetstone & Whybrow 1983 [Sereno, Larsson, Sidor & Gado 2001] Ref: P.C. Sereno & H.C.E. Larsson, 2009: 8, figs. 3, 43A.

Number of Subtaxa

2024 Available in Systema Naturae 2000 1o;3f;9g;25s;16ss; ‡1g;1s; †1o;22f;157g;107s
1989-present Systema Naturae 2000: 24 Nov 2023 [1o;3f;9g;25s]
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