Crocodylomorpha

Crocodylomorphs Temporal range: Late Triassic–Present, 235–0 Ma[1] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Skeleton of Terrestrisuchus, an early saltoposuchid crocodylomorph
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Clade:	Archosauria
Clade:	Pseudosuchia
Clade:	Paracrocodylomorpha
Clade:	Loricata
Clade:	Crocodylomorpha Hay, 1930
Subgroups
†Artzosuchus? †Carnufex †Dianchungosaurus †Dibothrosuchus †Dromicosuchus †Hesperosuchus †Kayentasuchus †Parrishia? †Pseudhesperosuchus †Rarosaurus?[2] †Redondavenator †Sphenosuchus †Syntomiprosopus? †Trialestes Saltoposuchidae Crush, 1984[3] †Litargosuchus †Saltoposuchus †Terrestrisuchus Solidocrania Ruebenstahl et al., 2022[4] †Junggarsuchus †Phyllodontosuchus? †Hallopodidae †Thalattosuchia Crocodyliformes

Crocodylomorpha is a group of pseudosuchian archosaurs that includes the crocodilians and their extinct relatives. They were the only members of Pseudosuchia to survive the end-Triassic extinction. Extinct crocodylomorphs were considerably more ecologically diverse than modern crocodillians. The earliest and most primitive crocodylomorphs are represented by "sphenosuchians", a paraphyletic assemblage containing small-bodied, slender forms with elongated limbs that walked upright, which represents the ancestral morphology of Crocodylomorpha. These forms persisted until the end of the Jurassic.^[5] During the Jurassic, crocodylomorphs morphologically diversified into numerous niches, with the subgroups Neosuchia (which includes modern crocodilians) and the extinct Thalattosuchia adapting to aquatic life, while some terrestrial groups adopted herbivorous and omnivorous lifestyles. Terrestrial crocodylomorphs would continue to co-exist alongside aquatic forms until becoming extinct during the Miocene.