Synonym: Rauisuchia Huene 1942 [invalid subgroup]
Parent taxon: Pseudosuchia according to S. J. Nesbitt 2011
See also Benton 1985, Brochu et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Galton 1985, Gauthier et al. 2011, Gauthier and Padian 1985, Karl 2007, Laurito and Valerio 2008, Lautenschlager and Desojo 2011, Long and Murry 1995, Parrish 1993, Sennikov 2012, Sereno 1991, Sereno and Arcucci 1990, Sulej 2005 and Trotteyn et al. 2011
Sister taxa: Aetosauridae, Aetosauroidea, Browniella, Chasmatosaurus ultimus, Chirotheriidae, Chirotherioidea, Dasygnathus longidens, Dongusia, Dongusia colorata, Elachistosuchoidea, Erpetosuchidae, Gwyneddichniidae, Ingenierichnus, Koilamasuchus, Mambawakale, Nundasuchus, Ornithosuchidae, Ornithosuchoidea, Pallisteriidae, Phytosauria, Procerosuchus, Prochirotherium, Proterosuchoidea, Rileyasuchus, Rotodactylidae, Scleromochloidea, Sphenosuchoidea, Synaptichniidae, Teleocrateridae, Youngosuchus
Subtaxa: Aetosauria Basutodon Chatterjeeidae Crocodiliformes Ctenosauriscoidea Decuriasuchus Gracilisuchidae Paracrocodylomorpha Prestosuchidae Rauisuchiformes Shuvosauridae Stagonosuchus Teratosauridae Ticinosuchus
Ecology: carnivore