Concise hierarchy

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

Phylogeny

Node-based clade

Ref: C.A. Brochu, 2003: table 1 (p. 360). [implicit]

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

Alligator mississippiensis (Daudin, 1802)		Ref: C.A. Brochu, 2003: table 1 (p. 360).
Crocodylus niloticus Laurenti, 1768		Ref: C.A. Brochu, 2003: table 1 (p. 360).
Gavialis gangeticus (Gmelin, 1789)		Ref: C.A. Brochu, 2003: table 1 (p. 360).
†Hylaeochampsa vectiana Owen, 1874		Ref: C.A. Brochu, 2003: table 1 (p. 360).

Current position

Neosuchia (Clade) Benton & Clark 1988 [Sereno, Larsson, Sidor & Gado 2001]

Ref: E. Puértolas et al., 2011: 3. [indirect]

Alternative positions

Mesoeucrocodylia (Clade) Whetstone & Whybrow 1983 [Sereno, Larsson, Sidor & Gado 2001]	Ref: C.A. Brochu, 2003: fig. 1.
Neosuchia (Infraorder) Benton & Clark, 1988	Ref: E. Puértolas et al., 2011: fig. 5 [Benton, 2015: 440]. [indirect]

Historical positions

Neosuchia (Clade) Benton & Clark 1988 [Sereno, Larsson, Sidor & Gado 2001]	Ref: C.A. Brochu, 2012: 536. [indirect]
Neosuchia (Clade) Benton & Clark 1988 [Sereno, Larsson, Sidor & Gado 2001]	Ref: E. Puértolas et al., 2011: 3, fig. 5. [indirect]
Mesoeucrocodylia (Clade) Whetstone & Whybrow 1983 [Sereno, Larsson, Sidor & Gado 2001]	Ref: C.A. Brochu, 2003: table 1 (p. 360), fig. 1.

Number of Subtaxa

2025	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	1o;3f;9g;25s;16ss; ‡1g;1s; †9f;67g;74s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 24 Nov 2023	[1o;3f;9g;25s]