vertebrates Cuvier, 1812 - vertebrates
   Cohort Amniota Haeckel, 1866 see Clade Amniota Haeckel, 1866 [Gauthier, Kluge & Rowe 1988]
     Class "Reptilia" Linnaeus, 1758 - reptiles
       Subclass Sauropsida Huxley, 1864
         Superorder Archosauria Cope, 1869 - archosaurs see Clade Archosauria Cope 1869 [Gauthier & Padian 1985], nom. cl. inval.
           Order †Thecodontia Owen, 1859 see Division Archosauria Cope, 1869
             Suborder †Pseudosuchia Zittel, 1887-1890
               Infraorder †Parasuchia Huxley, 1875
                 Family †Parasuchidae Lydekker, 1885