vertebrates Cuvier, 1812 - vertebrates see Infraphylum Vertebrata Lamarck, 1801
   Cohort Amniota Haeckel, 1866 see Clade Amniota Haeckel, 1866 [Gauthier, Kluge & Rowe 1988], nom. cl. inval.
     Class "Reptilia" Linnaeus, 1758 - reptiles
       Subclass Sauropsida Huxley, 1864
         Superorder Archosauria Cope, 1869 - archosaurs see Clade Archosauria Cope 1869 [Gauthier & Padian 1985], nom. cl. inval.
           Order Crocodylia Wagler, 1830 - crocodiles
             1 Suborder †Mesosuchia Huxley, 1875