Concise hierarchy

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

Phylogeny

Node-based clade

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

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

†Paleorhinus (Genus) Williston, 1904		Ref: S.J. Nesbitt, 2011: 193 (Doyle & Sues, 1995).
†Phytosauridae (Family) Lydekker, 1888		Ref: S.J. Nesbitt, 2011: 193 (Doyle & Sues, 1995).

Branch-based clade

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

Ref: S.J. Nesbitt, 2011: 193 (sensu Sereno, 2005).

Current position

Pseudosuchia (Clade) Zittel 1887-1890 [Gauthier & Padian 1985]

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

Alternative positions

Crurotarsi (Clade) Sereno & Arcucci 1990

Ref: S.J. Nesbitt, 2011: 193; Nesbitt, 2011: fig. 51.

Historical positions

Pseudosuchia (Clade) Zittel 1887-1890 [Gauthier & Padian 1985]	Ref: M.D. Ezcurra et al., 2020: ext. data fig. 4.
Crurotarsi (Clade) Sereno & Arcucci 1990	Ref: S.J. Nesbitt, 2011: 193, fig. 51.

Number of Subtaxa

2026

Available in Systema Naturae 2000

†1g