Neosuchia

Belongs within: Metasuchia.
Contains: Thalattosuchia, Pholidosauridae, Eusuchia.

The Neosuchia are a clade of crocodylomorphs that has been defined as including all taxa closer to Crocodylus niloticus than to Notosuchus terrestris. This clade includes all living crocodilians.

<==NeosuchiaSF03
    |  i. s.: Susisuchus Salisbury, Frey et al. 2003 [Susisuchidae]SF03
    |           `--*S. anatoceps Salisbury, Frey et al. 2003SF03
    |         Brillanceausuchus Michard et al. 1990SF03, LB02 [Brillanceausuchidae]
    |           `--B. babouriensis Michard et al. 1990B93
    |         Gilchristosuchus palatinusSF03
    |--AtoposauridaeGPS06
    |    |--Theriosuchus pusillusGPS06
    |    |--Montsechosuchus depereti [=Alligatorium depereti]BC88
    |    `--Alligatorium [incl. Alligatorellus, Atoposaurus]BC88
    |         `--A. meyeri Gervais 1871B93
    `--+--+--ThalattosuchiaGPS06
       |  `--PholidosauridaeGPS06
       `--+--GoniopholidaeGPS06
          |    |--SunosuchusSL01
          |    |--Eutretauranosuchus delfsiGPS06
          |    `--GoniopholisCRA04
          |         |--G. gracilidens [=Nannosuchus gracilidens]BC88
          |         |--G. kirtlandicus Wiman 1931B93
          |         `--G. paulistanus Roxo 1936CRA04
          `--+--EusuchiaGPS06
             |--Bernissartia Dollo 1885GPS06, N85 [Bernissartiidae]
             |    `--B. fagesii Dollo 1883SF03
             `--Shamosuchus Mook 1924BC88, SF03 [incl. ParalligatorBC88; Paralligatoridae]
                  |--S. ancestralis (Konjukova 1954)B93
                  |--S. major (Efimov 1981)B93
                  `--S. ulgicus (Efimov 1981)B93

*Type species of generic name indicated

References

[B93] Benton, M. J. 1993. Reptilia. In: Benton, M. J. (ed.) The Fossil Record 2 pp. 681–715. Chapman & Hall: London.

[BC88] Benton, M. J., & J. M. Clark. 1988. Archosaur phylogeny and the relationships of the Crocodylia. In: Benton, M. J. (ed.) The Phylogeny and Classification of the Tetrapods vol. 1. Amphibians, Reptiles, Birds pp. 295–338. Clarendon Press: Oxford.

[CRA04] Carvalho, I. de S., L. C. B. Ribeiro & L. dos S. Avilla. 2004. Uberabasuchus terrificus sp. nov., a new Crocodylomorpha from the Bauru Basin (Upper Cretaceous), Brazil. Gondwana Research 7 (4): 975–1002.

[GPS06] Gasparini, Z., D. Pol & L. A. Spalletti. 2006. An unusual marine crocodyliform from the Jurassic–Cretaceous boundary of Patagonia. Science 311: 70–73.

[LB02] Lapparent de Broin, F. de. 2002. Elosuchus, a new genus of crocodile from the Lower Cretaceous of the north of Africa. Comptes Rendus Palevol 1: 275–285.

[N85] Norman, D. 1985. The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs. Salamander Books: London.

[SF03] Salisbury, S. W., E. Frey, D. M. Martill & M. C. Buchy. 2003. A new crocodilian from the Lower Cretaceous Crato Formatioin of north-eastern Brazil. Palaeontographica Abteilung A: Paläozoologie—Stratigraphie 270: 3–47.

[SL01] Sereno, P. C., H. C. E. Larsson, C. A. Sidor & B. Gado. 2001. The giant crocodyliform Sarcosuchus from the Cretaceous of Africa. Science 294: 1516–1519.