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Node-based clade: Suchia Krebs 1974 [Sereno 1991] (reptile)
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Concise hierarchy

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

Phylogeny

Node-based clade Ref: S.J. Nesbitt, 2011: 195 (Sereno, 1991a). [implicit]

Defined by the most recent common ancestor (and all its descendants) of

Aetosauria (Order) Nicholson & Lydekker, 1889 Ref: S.J. Nesbitt, 2011: 195 (Sereno, 1991a).
Crocodylomorpha (Clade) Walker 1968 [Clark 1988] Ref: S.J. Nesbitt, 2011: 195 (Sereno, 1991a).
Gracilisuchus stipanicicorum Romer, 1972 Ref: S.J. Nesbitt, 2011: 195 (Sereno, 1991a).
Poposauridae (Family) Nopcsa, 1923 Ref: S.J. Nesbitt, 2011: 195 (Sereno, 1991a).
Rauisuchia ([unranked]) Bonaparte, 1982 Ref: S.J. Nesbitt, 2011: 195 (Sereno, 1991a).

Node-based clade

Suchia (Clade) Krebs 1974 [Sereno 1991] Ref: S.J. Nesbitt, 2011: 195.

Current position

Pseudosuchia (Clade) Zittel 1887-1890 [Gauthier & Padian 1985] Ref: S.J. Nesbitt, 2011: 195; Ezcurra et al., 2020: ext. data fig. 4. [emended diagnosis]

Alternative positions

Crocodylotarsi ([unranked]) Benton & Clark, 1988 Ref: M.J. Benton, 1990: 16.
Crurotarsi (Clade) Sereno & Arcucci 1990 Ref: M.J. Benton, 2004: fig. 1.8A. [out of scope (coherent)]

Historical positions

Pseudosuchia (Clade) Zittel 1887-1890 [Gauthier & Padian 1985] Ref: M.D. Ezcurra et al., 2020: ext. data fig. 4.
Pseudosuchia (Clade) Zittel 1887-1890 [Gauthier & Padian 1985] Ref: S.J. Nesbitt, 2011: 195, figs. 51, 53. [emended diagnosis]
Crurotarsi (Clade) Sereno & Arcucci 1990 Ref: M.J. Benton, 2004: 14, fig. 1.8A. [out of scope (coherent)]
Crocodylotarsi ([unranked]) Benton & Clark, 1988 Ref: M.J. Benton, 1990: 16.

Number of Subtaxa

2026 Available in Systema Naturae 2000 1o;4f;9g;25s;16ss; ‡1g;1s; †7o;42f;295g;158s;43
1989-present Systema Naturae 2000: 24 Nov 2023 [1o;3f;9g;25s]
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