Concise hierarchy

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

Phylogeny

Branch-based clade		Ref: S.J. Nesbitt, 2011: 193 ("Stem") (sensu Sereno, 2005).
Reference phylogeny [PhyloCode]		Ref: S.J. Nesbitt, 2011: fig. 51. [inferred]

Defined by included taxon (and all taxa more closely related to it than to the excluded taxon)

†Rutiodon carolinensis (Emmons, 1856)

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

Defined by excluded taxon

†Aetosaurus ferratus Fraas, 1877		Ref: S.J. Nesbitt, 2011: 193 (sensu Sereno, 2005).
Crocodylus niloticus Laurenti, 1768		Ref: S.J. Nesbitt, 2011: 193 (sensu Sereno, 2005).
†Ornithosuchus longidens (Huxley, 1877)		Ref: S.J. Nesbitt, 2011: 193 (sensu Sereno, 2005).
†Prestosuchus chiniquensis Huene, 1938		Ref: S.J. Nesbitt, 2011: 193 (sensu Sereno, 2005).
†Rauisuchus tiradentes Huene, 1942		Ref: S.J. Nesbitt, 2011: 193 (sensu Sereno, 2005).

Generic clade

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

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

Current position

Crurotarsi (Clade) Sereno & Arcucci 1990

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

Historical positions

Crurotarsi (Clade) Sereno & Arcucci 1990

Src: S.J. Nesbitt, 2011: 193, fig. 51.

Number of Subtaxa

2025

Available in Systema Naturae 2000

†1g