Natura - nature
actualia - actual entities
Mundus Plinius - physical world
naturalia - natural bodies
[crown] Clade Biota Wagner 2004 [Wiemann, de Queiroz, Rowe, Planavsky, Anderson, Gogarten, Turner & Gauthier 2020]
Clade neomura Cavalier-Smith, 1987
Domain Eukaryota Chatton, 1925 - eukaryotes
Clade discaria Cavalier-Smith, 2021
Clade dorsates Cavalier-Smith, 2021
Clade podiates Cavalier-Smith, 2012
[crown] Clade Amorphea Adl et al. 2012 [Simpson, Medina & Adl 2020]
[crown] Clade Obazoa Brown, Sharpe, Silberman, Heiss, Lang, Simpson & Roger 2013
[crown] Clade Opisthokonta Cavalier-Smith 1987 [Simpson & Medina 2020] - animal-fungal clade
Superkingdom Holozoa Lang, O'Kelly, Nerad, Gray & Burger, 2002
Clade filozoa Shalchian-Tabrizi, Minge, Espelund, Orr, Ruden, Jakobsen & Cavalier-Smith, 2008
Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
Clade Planulozoa Wallberg, Thollesson, Farris & Jondelius 2004
Subkingdom Bilateria Hatschek, 1888 - bilaterians
Clade Nephrozoa Jondelius, Ruiz-Trillo, Baguñà & Riutort 2002
Infrakingdom Deuterostomia Grobben, 1908
Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
Subphylum Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812 - vertebrates
Myopterygii - myopterygians
Superclass Gnathostomata Gegenbaur, 1874 - jawed vertebrates
Grade Teleostomi Bonaparte, 1836
Euteleostomi - bony vertebrates
Clade Sarcopterygii Romer, 1955
[crown] Rhipidistia Cope, 1887
Clade Tetrapodomorpha Ahlberg, 1991
Clade Osteolepidimorpha
Clade Tetrapoda Hatschek & Cori 1896 [Gauthier, Kluge & Rowe 1988]
[crown] Clade Neotetrapoda
Clade Reptiliomorpha Säve-Söderbergh, 1934
Batrachosauria
[crown] Clade Amniota Haeckel, 1866 [Gauthier, Kluge & Rowe 1988] - amniotes
Class Reptilia Linnaeus, 1758 - reptiles
Eureptilia Olson, 1947
Romeriida Gauthier, Kluge & Rowe, 1988
Clade Diapsida Osborn 1903 [Gauthier & de Queiroz 2020]
[crown] Clade Neodiapsida Benton 1985
Clade Pan-Archelosauria W.G. Joyce, J. Anquetin, E. Cadena, J. Claude, I.G. Danilov, S.W. Evers, ..., J.F. Parham 2021, sedis mutabilis
[crown] Clade Archelosauria N.G. Crawford, J.F. Parham, A.B. Sellas, B.C. Faircloth, T.C. Glenn, T.J. Papenfuss, ..., W.B. Simison 2015 [W.G. Joyce, J. Anquetin, E. Cadena, J. Claude, I.G. Danilov, S.W. Evers, ..., J.F. Parham 2021]
Clade Pan-Archosauria Gauthier 2020
Clade Archosauromorpha von Huene 1946 [Gauthier 2020]
Clade Crocopoda Ezcurra 2016
Clade Archosauriformes Gauthier 1994 [Gauthier 2020]
Clade Crurotarsi Sereno & Arcucci 1990
[crown] Clade Archosauriaᵀ Cope 1869 [Gauthier & Padian 2020]
Clade Pseudosuchia Zittel 1887-1890 [Gauthier & Padian 1985]
Clade Suchiaᵀ Krebs 1974 [Sereno 1991]
Clade Paracrocodylomorphaᵀ Parrish 1993
Clade Loricataᵀ Merrem 1820 [Nesbitt 2011]
Subclass Crocodylomorphaᵀ Hay, 1930
Clade Crocodyliformesᵀ Clark 1988 [Sereno, Larsson, Sidor & Gado 2001]
Clade Mesoeucrocodyliaᵀ Whetstone & Whybrow 1983 [Sereno, Larsson, Sidor & Gado 2001]
Clade Metasuchia Benton & Clark 1988 [Sereno, Larsson, Sidor & Gado 2001]
Clade Neosuchia Benton & Clark 1988 [Sereno, Larsson, Sidor & Gado 2001]
Clade Eusuchia Huxley 1875 {Brochu 2003}
[crown] Order Crocodylia Wagler, 1830 - crocodiles
[crown] Clade Brevirostres von Zittel 1890 [Brochu 2003]
Superfamily Alligatoroidea Cuvier, 1807
Clade Globidonta Brochu 1999 [Brochu 1999]
[crown] Family Alligatoridaeᵀ Cuvier, 1807
Subfamily Caimaninae Brochu, 1999
Genus Caimanᵀ Spix, 1825 [paraphyletic]
1 †Caiman tremembensis Chiappe, 1988, nom. dub., incertae sedis
2 †"Caiman niteroiensis" Souza Filho & Bocquetin, 1991, nom. nud., incertae sedis
3 †Caiman brevirostris Souza Filho, 1987, incertae sedis
4.1 †Caiman lutescens (Rovereto, 1912)
4.2 Caiman latirostrisᵀ (Daudin, 1802) - broad-nosed caiman
5.1 Caiman yacare (Daudin, 1802) - Panama caiman
5.2 Caiman crocodilus (Linnaeus, 1758) - common caiman