Concise hierarchy

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

Included, by definition, in node-based clade

†Phytosauria (Clade) Meyer 1861 [Doyle & Sues 1995]

Ref: S.J. Nesbitt, 2011: 193 (Doyle & Sues, 1995).

Current position

†Phytosauria (Order) Jaeger, 1828

Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 619; Benton, 2004: fig. 1.8A. [implicit]

Alternative positions

Crocodylotarsi ([unranked]) Benton & Clark, 1988	Ref: M.J. Benton, 1990: 15. [implicit]
Crurotarsi (Subdivision) Sereno & Arcucci, 1990	Ref: M.J. Benton, 2005: 396.
†Parasuchia (Suborder) Huxley, 1875	Ref: B. Grzimek et al., 1973 (1971): 593.
†Phytosauria (Suborder) Jaeger, 1828	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 619.

Historical positions

Crurotarsi (Subdivision) Sereno & Arcucci, 1990	Ref: M.J. Benton, 2005: 396, box 6.1.
Crurotarsi (Clade) Sereno & Arcucci 1990	Ref: M.J. Benton, 2004: 14, fig. 1.8A. [out of scope (coherent)]
†Parasuchia (Suborder) Huxley, 1875	Ref: P. Uetz, [1995-]1996: 30 Dec 1996.
Crocodylotarsi ([unranked]) Benton & Clark, 1988	Ref: M.J. Benton, 1990: 15, 16. [implicit]
†Phytosauria (Suborder) Jaeger, 1828	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 619.
†Parasuchia (Suborder) Huxley, 1875	Ref: B. Grzimek et al., 1973 (1971): 593.

Number of Subtaxa

1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 17 Aug 2023	[; †7g]
1988	R.L. Carroll: 619	[; †6g]