Mesoeucrocodylia

Mesoeucrocodylia
Temporal range: Sinemurian - Recent, 199–0 Ma
Notosuchus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Archosauria
Clade: Pseudosuchia
Clade: Crocodylomorpha
Clade: Solidocrania
Clade: Crocodyliformes
Clade: Mesoeucrocodylia
Whetstone and Whybrow, 1983 [1]
Subgroups

Mesoeucrocodylia is the clade that includes Eusuchia and crocodyliforms formerly placed in the paraphyletic group Mesosuchia. The group appeared during the Early Jurassic, and continues to the present day.

  1. ^ Whetstone KN, Whybrow PJ. 1983. A “cursorial” crocodilian from the Triassic of Lesotho (Basutoland), southern Africa. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Natural History. The University of Kansas 106: 1–37.