Reptilia - Loricata - Rauisuchidae
Parent taxon: Loricata according to S. J. Nesbitt 2011
See also Carroll 1988, Galton 1985, Krebs 1965, Kuhn 1964, Kuhn 1966, Kuhn 1971, Long and Murry 1995, Parrish 1993 and Sulej 2005
Sister taxa: Apatosuchus, Batrachotomus, Crocodylomorpha, Dagasuchus, Etjosuchus, Fasolasuchus, Megalosauri, Phytosauromorphi, Prestosuchus, Saurosuchus
Subtaxa: Arganasuchus Energosuchus Fenhosuchus Luperosuchus Lupersuchus Polonosuchus Postosuchus Rauisuchinae Rauisuchus Scolotosuchus Teratosaurus Tikisuchus Vivaron Vjushkovisaurus
Ecology: carnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Zimbabwe (1 collection)
• Triassic to Cretaceous of Argentina (1)
• Triassic of Argentina (3), Brazil (6), Canada (2: Nova Scotia), Germany (2), Greenland (1), India (2), Morocco (2), Namibia (1), Poland (2), the Russian Federation (5), South Africa (3), United States (44: Arizona, New Mexico, North Carolina, Texas, Virginia)
Total: 75 collections including 77 occurrences