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Monophyletic taxon: Phytosauria Meyer 1861 [Doyle & Sues 1995] (reptile)
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Concise hierarchy

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

Phylogeny

Branch-based clade Ref: S.J. Nesbitt, 2011: 193 ("Stem") (sensu Sereno, 2005).
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)

Rutiodon carolinensis (Emmons, 1856) Ref: S.J. Nesbitt, 2011: 193 (sensu Sereno, 2005).

Defined by excluded taxon

Aetosaurus ferratus Fraas, 1877 Ref: S.J. Nesbitt, 2011: 193 (sensu Sereno, 2005).
Crocodylus niloticus Laurenti, 1768 Ref: S.J. Nesbitt, 2011: 193 (sensu Sereno, 2005).
Ornithosuchus longidens (Huxley, 1877) Ref: S.J. Nesbitt, 2011: 193 (sensu Sereno, 2005).
Prestosuchus chiniquensis Huene, 1938 Ref: S.J. Nesbitt, 2011: 193 (sensu Sereno, 2005).
Rauisuchus tiradentes Huene, 1942 Ref: S.J. Nesbitt, 2011: 193 (sensu Sereno, 2005).

Generic clade

Phytosauria (Clade) Meyer 1861 [Doyle & Sues 1995] Ref: S.J. Nesbitt, 2011: 193 (sensu Sereno, 2005).

Current position

Crurotarsi (Clade) Sereno & Arcucci 1990 Ref: S.J. Nesbitt, 2011: 193.

Historical positions

Crurotarsi (Clade) Sereno & Arcucci 1990 Src: S.J. Nesbitt, 2011: 193, fig. 51.

Number of Subtaxa

2024 Available in Systema Naturae 2000 †1g
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