Concise hierarchy

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

Phylogeny

Node-based clade

Ref: S.J. Nesbitt et al., 2015: 9 ("least-inclusive clade").

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

†Azendohsaurus madagaskarensis Flynn et al., 2010		Ref: S.J. Nesbitt et al., 2015: 9.
†Trilophosaurus buettneri Case, 1928		Ref: S.J. Nesbitt et al., 2015: 9.

Qualified by excluded taxon

†Proterosuchus fergusi Broom, 1903		Ref: S.J. Nesbitt et al., 2015: 9.
†Protorosaurus speneri Meyer, 1832		Ref: S.J. Nesbitt et al., 2015: 9.
Rhynchosaurus articeps R. Owen, 1842		Ref: S.J. Nesbitt et al., 2015: 9.
†Tanystropheus longobardicus (Bassani, 1886)		Ref: S.J. Nesbitt et al., 2015: 9.

Original position

Archosauromorpha (Clade) Huene 1946 [Benton 1985], nom. cl. inval.

Ref: S.J. Nesbitt et al., 2015: 9 ("Huene, 1946 (sensu Benton, 1985)").

Current position

Crocopoda (Clade) Ezcurra 2016

Ref: M.D. Ezcurra et al., 2020: ext. data fig. 4.

Alternative positions

Archosauromorpha (Clade) Huene 1946 [Benton 1985], nom. cl. inval.

Ref: S.J. Nesbitt et al., 2015: 9. [new taxon]

Historical positions

Crocopoda (Clade) Ezcurra 2016

Ref: M.D. Ezcurra et al., 2020: ext. data fig. 4.

Number of Subtaxa

2026	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	†2o;6f;23g;9s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 19 Jun 2026	[; †2o;6f;23g]