Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812 - vertebrates
   Gnathostomata
     Teleostomi
       Tetrapoda Hatschek & Cori 1896 [Gauthier, Kluge & Rowe 1988]
         Amniota Haeckel, 1866 [Gauthier, Kluge & Rowe 1988] - amniotes
           Class Reptilia Linnaeus, 1758 [paraphyletic] - reptiles
             Subclass Diapsida Osborn, 1903 - diapsids see Clade Diapsida Osborn 1903 [Gauthier & de Queiroz 2020]
               Infraclass Archosauromorpha Huene, 1946 see Clade Archosauromorpha Huene 1946 [Benton 1985], nom. cl. inval.
                 Superorder Archosauria Cope, 1869 - archosaurs see Clade Archosauria Cope 1869 [Gauthier & Padian 1985], nom. cl. inval.
                   Order Crocodylia Wagler, 1830 - crocodiles
                     Suborder †Mesosuchia Huxley, 1875
                       Family †Pholidosauridae Eastman, 1902
                         1 Genus †Anglosuchus Mook, 1942
                         2 Genus †Crocodilaemus Jourdan, 1857
                         3 ?Genus †Meridiosaurus Mones, 1980
                         4 Genus †Peipehsuchus Young, 1948
                         5 ?Genus †Petrosuchus Owen, 1878
                         6 Genus †Pholidosaurus Meyer, 1841
                         7 Genus †Sarcosuchus de Broin & Taquet, 1966
                         8 Genus †Suchosaurus Owen, 1842, nom. dub.
                         9 Genus †Teleorhinus Osborn, 1904, nom. illeg. see Genus Terminonaris Osborn, 1904