Eusuchia

Eusuchia
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous - Recent, 130–0 Ma
Three species of living eusuchian: gharial (left), American alligator (center), and American crocodile (right).
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Archosauria
Clade: Pseudosuchia
Clade: Crocodylomorpha
Clade: Crocodyliformes
Clade: Neosuchia
Clade: Eusuchia
Huxley, 1875
Subgroups

Eusuchia is a clade of neosuchian crocodylomorphs that first appeared in the Early Cretaceous, which includes modern crocodilians.[8] Along with Dyrosauridae and Sebecosuchia, they were the only crocodyliformes who survived the K-Pg extinction.

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