After Benton, 1990, Parrish, 1993, and Nesbitt, Butler, Ezcurra, Barrett, Stocker, Angielczyk, Smith, Sidor, Niedzwiedzki, Sennikov & Charig, 2017
<==o Archosauria Cope, 1869 sensu Gauthier, 1986 (arkosaurit, archosaurs) |--o Pseudosuchia Gauthier, 1986 (krokotiilimaiset arkosaurit) | `--o Crurotarsi Sereno & Arcucci, 1990 sensu Parrish, 1993 (krokotiilinnilkkaiset) | `--o Crocodylotarsi Gauthier & Padian, 1985 | |-- †Phytosauria Meyer, 1861 [Parasuchia Huxley, 1875] | `--o Suchia Krebs, 1976 [1974?] sensu Parrish, 1993 (advanced crurotarsans, incl. crocodiles) | |?- †Nundasuchus songeaensis Nesbitt, Sidor, Angielczyk, Smith & Tsuji, 2014 | |--+-- †Aetosauria Lydekker, 1889 [Aëtosauria] (kärsäkrokotiilit; aetosaurs) | | `--+-- †Gracilisuchidae Butler, Sulliva, Ezcurra, Liu, Lecuona & Sookias, 2014 | | `--o Bathyotica Benton & Walker, 2002 | | |-- †Erpetosuchidae Watson, 1917 sensu Maisch, Matzke & Rathgeber, 2013 | | `-- Crocodylomorpha Walker, 1968 (krokotiilimaiset arkosaurit; crocodile-like archosaurs) | `--+--+-- †Revueltosaurus callenderi Hunt, 1989 [?incl. †Krzyzanowskisaurus hunti (Heckert, 2002) Heckert, 2005 (tooth-taxa)] | | `-- †Ornithosuchidae von Huene, 1914 | `--o †Rauisuchia Huene, 1942 [non Bonaparte, 1982] sensu Brusatte et al., 2010 | |--o †Rauisuchoidea Huene, 1942 sensu Brusatte et al., 2010 | | |== †Basal Rauisuchoids | | |-- †Prestosuchidae Romer, 1966 sensu Brusatte et al., 2010 | | `-- †Rauisuchidae Huene, 1942 (karhukrokotiilit; rauisuchids) | `--o †Poposauroidea Nopsca, 1928 [1923?] sensu Brusatte et al., 2010, and Gauthier et al., 2011 | |== †Basal Poposauroids | `-- †Shuvosauridae Chatterjee, 1993 sensu Brusatte et al., 2010 `--o Avemetatarsalia Benton, 1999 [Ornithosuchia Gauthier, 1986] (lintumaiset arkosaurit) |--o †Aphanosauria Nesbitt, Butler, Ezcurra, Barrett, Stocker, Angielczyk, Smith, Sidor, Niedzwiedzki, Sennikov & Charig, 2017 | |-- †Spondylosoma absconditum v. Huene, 1942 | `--+-- †Yarasuchus deccanensis Sen, 2005 | |-- †Dongusuchus efremovi Sennikov, 1988 | `-- †Teleocrater rhadinus Nesbitt, Butler, Ezcurra, Barrett, Stocker, Angielczyk, Smith, Sidor, Niedzwiedzki, Sennikov & Charig, 2017 `--o Ornithodira Gauthier, 1986 (linnunnilkkaiset) |--o †Pterosauromorpha Padian, 1997 | |?- †Archosauria genera et species indet. [Atanassov, 2001] | |-- †Scleromochlus taylori Woodward, 1907 [possibly a sphenosuchian crocodylomorph] | `-- †Pterosauria Kaup, 1834 (pterosaurs; siipisaurit, lentoliskot) `--o Dinosauromorpha Benton, 1985 sensu Sereno, 1991 [Dinosauria sensu lato] |-- †Lagerpetidae Arcucci, 1986 sensu Nesbitt, Irmis, Parker, Smith, Turner & Rowe, 2009 `--o Dinosauriformes Novas, 1992 |== Basal Dinosauriforms `--+-- †Silesauridae Nesbitt, Sidor, Irmis, Angielczyk, Smith & Tsuji, 2010 `--+?- †Herrarasauria sensu Gauthier, 1986 [Herreravia Paul, 1988] (herrerasaurit, herreranlinnut; herrerasaurs) `-- Dinosauria Owen, 1842 [incl. Aves Linnaeus, 1758] (dinosaurs, incl. birds; dinosaurit ja linnut, hirmuliskot)
Archosauria incertae sedis:
†Longisquama insignis Sharov, 1970 [Longisquamidae Sharov, 1970] [Archosauria indet., problematic, see Lepidosauriformes] †Pachysuchus imperfectus Young, 1951 [Archosauria indet.] †‘Patricosaurus merocratus’ Seeley, 1887 [in partim, archosaur parts] †Razanandrongobe sakalavae Maganuco, Dal Sasso & Pasini, 2006 [either a ery large theropod or crocodylomorphan] †Stricosuchus licinus Simmons, 1965 [Archosauria indet.] †Suchoprion †S. cyphodon [tooth-taxa] †S. sulcidens [tooth-taxa]
Crurotarsi incertae sedis:
†Parringtonia gracilis †Ctenosauriscidae Kuhn, 1964 [Ctenosauridae Kuhn, 1961] [has been treated as advanced rauisuchians by Nesbitt (2003 & 2005)] †Ctenosauriscus koeneni (v. Huene) Kuhn 1964 [Ctenosaurus von Huene, 1902 (non Ctenosaurus Fitzinger, 1843)] †Hypselorhachis mirabilis Charig, 1967 (nomen nudum?)
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Special thanks to:
Jos H. M. Dols, for gathering additional information and species.