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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	53188	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=53188

Rank

suborder (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Eosuchia : Eusuchia

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1847
subphylum	Vertebrata	Lamarck 1801
superclass	Gnathostomata	Gegenbauer 1874
-	Osteichthyes
-	Sarcopterygii	Romer 1955
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha
-	Tetrapoda
-	Reptiliomorpha	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Anthracosauria	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Batrachosauria
-	Cotylosauria
-	Amniota	Haeckel 1866
-	Sauropsida	Huxley 1864
class	Reptilia	Laurenti 1768
subclass	Eureptilia
-	Romeriida	Gauthier et al. 1988
-	Diapsida
-	Eosuchia
-	Neodiapsida	Benton 1985
-	Sauria	Gauthier 1984
-	Archosauromorpha
-	Crocopoda	Ezcurra 2016
-	Archosauriformes	Gauthier 1986
-	Eucrocopoda	Ezcurra 2016
-	Archosauria
-	Pseudosuchia
-	Suchia	Krebs 1974
-	Paracrocodylomorpha	Parrish 1993
-	Loricata
-	Crocodylomorpha
suborder	Crocodyliformes	Hay 1930
-	Mesoeucrocodylia	Whetstone and Whybrow 1983
-	Neosuchia	Clark 1988
suborder	Eusuchia	Huxley 1875

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Eusuchia	suborder	belongs to Crocodilia	stated with evidence	Dollo, 1883
Eusuchia	suborder	belongs to Crocodilia	stated without evidence	Lortet, 1892
Eusuchia	order	belongs to Crocodilia	stated with evidence	Gadow, 1898
Eusuchia	suborder	belongs to Crocodilia	stated without evidence	Woodward, 1898
Eusuchia	suborder	belongs to Loricata	stated without evidence	Hay, 1902
Eusuchia	suborder	belongs to Crocodilia	stated with evidence	Osborn, 1904
Eusuchia	suborder	belongs to Crocodilia	stated without evidence	Case, 1904
Eusuchia	suborder	belongs to Loricata	stated without evidence	Schmidt, 1938
Eusuchia	suborder	belongs to Crocodilia	stated with evidence	Kuhn, 1946
Eusuchia	suborder	belongs to Crocodilia	stated without evidence	Huene, 1954
Eusuchia	suborder	belongs to Crocodilia	stated with evidence	Estes, 1964
Eusuchia	suborder	belongs to Crocodilia	implied	Miller, 1967
Eusuchia	suborder	belongs to Crocodilia	stated without evidence	Estes and Berberian, 1970
Eusuchia	unranked clade	belongs to Crocodylia	stated with evidence	Walker, 1970
Eusuchia	suborder	belongs to Crocodilia	stated without evidence	Bartels, 1984
Eusuchia	suborder	belongs to Crocodylia	implied	Carroll, 1988
Eusuchia	suborder	belongs to Crocodylia	stated without evidence	Holman and Case, 1988
Eusuchia	suborder	belongs to Crocodylia	stated with evidence	Kraus, 1998
Eusuchia	suborder	belongs to Crocodyliformes	stated without evidence	Astibia et al., 2000
Eusuchia	suborder	belongs to Mesoeucrocodylia	stated without evidence	Salisbury et al., 2006
Eusuchia	suborder	belongs to Neosuchia	stated with evidence	Gasparini et al., 2006
Eusuchia	suborder	belongs to Crocodiliformes	stated without evidence	Laurito and Valerio, 2008
Eusuchia	suborder	belongs to Neosuchia	stated with evidence	Brochu et al., 2009

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

505

Extant Size (PBDB)

58 (11%)

First Recorded Appearance

237 - 228 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic

Environment

marine (based on Mesoeucrocodylia)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)

Diet

carnivore (based on Pseudosuchia)

Taphonomy

phosphatic (based on Vertebrata)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

T. E. Williamson. 1996. ?Brachychampsa sealeyi, sp. nov., (Crocodylia, Alligatoroidea) from the Upper Cretaceous (lower Campanian) Menefee Formation, northwestern New Mexico\r\n. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 16(3):421-431

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Aegyptosuchidae ✝ family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Cocodrylidae family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Dolichochampsidae ✝ family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Paralligatoridae ✝ family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		27	164 Ma Middle Jurassic	70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stromerosuchidae ✝ family	listed (PBDB)		1	101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Aprosuchus ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)		1	70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Isisfordia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	105 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Portugalosuchus ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)		1	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Susisuchus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	145 Ma Late Jurassic	101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Wanosuchus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Allodaposuchidae ✝ unranked clade	listed (PBDB)		41	86.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Crocodylia order	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Crocodilian	2,821	237 Ma Middle Triassic	0 Ma Extant
Hylaeochampsidae ✝ family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		21	168 Ma Middle Jurassic	70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Longirostres unranked clade	listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1831	Crocodylus rollinati Gray
1853	Pristichampsus Gervais
1875	Eusuchia Huxley
1883	Eusuchia Dollo p. 312
1887	Heterosuchus valdensis Seeley
1890	Eusuchia Zittel p. 450
1892	Eusuchia Lortet p. 91
1895	Crocodylus bolcensis Sacco
1898	Eusuchia Gadow p. 19
1898	Eusuchia Woodward p. 141
1902	Eusuchia Hay p. 511
1904	Eusuchia Case p. 64
1904	Eusuchia Osborn p. 100
1906	Eusuchia Andrews
1908	Eusuchia Lambe
1911	Eusuchia Gilmore p. 298
1937	Eusuchia Roxo p. 44
1938	Eusuchia Schmidt p. 315
1946	Eusuchia Kuhn p. 64
1954	Eusuchia Huene p. 54
1964	Eusuchia Estes p. 141
1966	Pristichampsus rollinati Berg
1966	Eusuchia Kuhn p. 86
1967	Eusuchia Miller p. 230

Year	Name and Author
1970	Eusuchia Estes and Berberian p. 6
1970	Eusuchia Walker p. 369
1984	Eusuchia Bartels p. 1347
1988	Eusuchia Carroll
1988	Pristichampsus Carroll
1988	Eusuchia Holman and Case p. 331
1993	Eusuchia Domning and Clark p. 413
1993	Eusuchia Willis p. 90
1996	Eusuchia Williamson p. 422
1998	Eusuchia Kraus p. 391
2000	Eusuchia Astibia et al. p. 237
2002	Eusuchia Molnar et al. p. 613
2006	Eusuchia Gasparini et al. p. 72
2006	Eusuchia Salisbury et al. p. 2440
2007	Pristichampsus Osi et al.
2008	Pristichampsus Jouve et al.
2008	Eusuchia Laurito and Valerio p. 109
2008	Pristichampsus Martin and Buffetaut
2009	Eusuchia Brochu et al. p. 538
2010	Pristichampsus Martin et al.
2011	Eusuchia Andrade et al.
2011	Pristichampsus Puértolas et al.
2012	Eusuchia Bronzati et al.
2012	Pristichampsus Bronzati et al.

References

Williamson T. E. (1996) ?Brachychampsa sealeyi, sp. nov., (Crocodylia, Alligatoroidea) from the Upper Cretaceous (lower Campanian) Menefee Formation, northwestern New Mexico

Dollo L. Première note sur les crocodiliens de Bernissart [First note on the crocodilians of Bernissart], Bulletin du Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique 2, 309-338

Seeley H. G. On Heterosuchus valdensis, Seeley, a procoelian crocodile from the Hastings Sand of Hastings, Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society 43, 212-215

Zittel K. A. v. , Handbuch der Palaeontologie. I. Abteilung Paleozoologie. III. Band. Vertebrata (Pisces, Amphibia, Reptilia, Aves) [Handbook of Paleontology. Division I. Paleozoology. Volume III. Vertebrata (Pisces, Amphibia, Reptilia, Aves)], xii-900

Lortet L. Les reptiles fossiles du bassin du Rhône [The fossil reptiles of the Rhône basin], Archives du Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle de Lyon 5, 3-139

Gadow H. , A Classification of Vertebrata Recent and Extinct, xvii-82

Hay O. P. (1902) , Bibliography and Catalogue of the Fossil Vertebrata of North America. Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey 179, 1-868

Case E. C. (1904) Systematic Paleontology: Mammalia, Maryland Geological Survey Miocene: Text, 1-58

Andrews C. W. (1906) , A Descriptive Catalogue of the Tertiary Vertebrata of Fayum, Egypt, 1-324

Lambe L. M. (1908) The Vertebrata of the Oligocene of the Cypress Hills, Saskatchewan, Contributions to Canadian Palaeontology 3 4, 1-65 doi:10.5962/bhl.title.61444

Gilmore C. W. (1911) A new fossil alligator from the Hell Creek Beds of Montana, Proceedings of the United States National Museum 41 1860, 297-302

Schmidt K. P. (1938) New crocodilians from the upper Paleocene of western Colorado, Geological Series of Field Museum of Natural History 6 21, 315-321

Kuhn O. (1946) Das System der fossilen und rezenten Amphibien und Reptilien [The system of fossil and recent amphibians and reptiles], Bericht der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Bamberg 29, 49-67

Huene F. v. (1954) , Die Saurierwelt und ihre Geschichtlichen Zusammenhänge [The World of Reptiles and the History of Their Interrelationships]. 2nd, revised edition, 1-66

Estes R. (1964) Fossil vertebrates from the Late Cretaceous Lance Formation, eastern Wyoming, University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 49, 1-187

Kuhn O. W. M. (1966) , Die Reptilien. System und Stammesgeschichte [The Reptiles. Systematics and Phylogeny.], 1-154

Miller H. W. (1967) Cretaceous vertebrates from Phoebus Landing, North Carolina, Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 119, 219-235

Estes R., Berberian P. (1970) Paleoecology of a Late Cretaceous vertebrate community from Montana, Breviora 343, 1-35

Bartels W. S. (1984) Osteology and systematic affinities of the horned alligator Ceratosuchus (Reptilia, Crocodilia), Journal of Paleontology 58 6, 1347-1353

Carroll R. L. (1988) , Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution, 1-698

Holman J. A., Case G. R. (1988) Reptiles from the Eocene Tallahatta Formation of Alabama, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 8 3, 328-333

Domning D. P., Clark J. M. (1993) Jamaican Tertiary marine Vertebratra, Geological Society of America Memoir 182, 413-415

Willis P. M. A. (1993) Trilophosuchus rackhami gen. et sp. nov., a new crocodilian from the early Miocene limestones of Riversleigh, northwestern Queensland, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 13 1, 90-98

Kraus R. (1998) The cranium of Piscogavialis jugalipeforatus n. nen., n. sp. (Gavialidae, Crocodylia) from the Miocene of Peru, Palaeontologische Zeischrift 72 3/4, 389-406

Astibia H., Aranburu A., et al (2000) Un nouveau site à vertébrés continentaux de l'Éocène supérieur de Zambrana (Bassin de Maranda-Treviño, Alava, Pays basque), Géobios 32 2, 233-248

Molnar R. E., Worthy T., et al (2002) An extinct Pleistocene endemic mekosuchine crocodylian from Fiji, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 22 3, 612-628

Gasparini Z., Pol D., et al (2006) An unusual marine crocodyliform from the Jurassic-Cretaceous boundary of Patagonia, Science 311, 70-73

Salisbury S. W., Molnar R. E., et al (2006) The origin of modern crocodyliforms: new evidence from the Cretaceous of Australia, Proceedings of the Royal Society B 273, 2439-2448 doi:10.1098/rspb.2006.3613

Osi A., Clark J. M., et al (2007) First report on a new basal eusuchian crocodyliform with multicusped teeth from the Upper Cretaceous (Santonian) of Hungary, Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 243 2, 169-177

Jouve S., Bardet N., et al (2008) The oldest African crocodylomorph: phylogeny, paleobiogeography, and differential survivorship of marine reptiles through the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 28 2, 409-421

Laurito C. A., Valerio A. L. (2008) The first record of Gavialosuchus americanus Sellards (1915)† (Eusuchia: Crocodylidae, Tomistominae) for the Late Tertiary of Costa Rica and Central America, Revista Geológica de América Central 39, 107-115

Martin J. E., Buffetaut E. (2008) Crocodilus affuvelensis Matheron, 1869 from the Late Cretaceous of southern France: a reassessment, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 152, 567-580

Martin J. E., Rabi M., et al (2010) Survival of Theriosuchus (Mesoeucrocodylia: Atoposauridae) in a Late Cretaceous archipelago: a new species from the Maastrichtian of Romania, Naturwissenschaften 97, 845-854 doi:10.1007/s00114-010-0702-y

Andrade M. B. d., Edmonds R., et al (2011) A new Berriasian species of Goniopholis (Mesoeucrocodylia, Neosuchia) from England, and a review of the genus, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 163, S66-S108

Puértolas E., Canudo J. I., et al (2011) A new crocodylian from the late Maastrichtian of Spain: Implications for the initial radiation of crocodyloids, PLoS One 6 6, e20011:1-12 doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0020011

Bronzati M., Montefeltro F. C., et al (2012) A species-level supertree of Crocodyliformes, Historical Biology 24 6, 598-606

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