Reptilia - Pseudosuchia - Aetosauridae
Alternative spelling: Aethosauridae
Synonym: Desmatosuchidae Case 1920
Parent taxon: Pseudosuchida according to O. Kuhn 1971
See also Baur 1887, Case 1920, Charig 1967, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Heckert and Lucas 2000, Huene 1922, Huene 1942, Jaekel 1910, Kuhn 1946, Kuhn 1964, Kuhn 1966, Lull 1915, Lull 1917, Parker 2007, Parker 2016 and Watson 1917
Sister taxa: Aetosauroidea, Browniella, Chasmatosaurus ultimus, Chirotheriidae, Chirotherioidea, Dasygnathus longidens, Dongusia, Dongusia colorata, Elachistosuchoidea, Erpetosuchidae, Gwyneddichniidae, Ingenierichnus, Koilamasuchus, Mambawakale, Nundasuchus, Ornithosuchidae, Ornithosuchoidea, Pallisteriidae, Phytosauria, Poposauroidea, Procerosuchus, Prochirotherium, Proterosuchoidea, Rileyasuchus, Rotodactylidae, Scleromochloidea, Sphenosuchoidea, Suchia, Synaptichniidae, Teleocrateridae, Youngosuchus
Subtaxa: none
Type: Aetosaurus
Ecology: carnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of United States (1: Arizona collection)
• Triassic of Canada (1: Nova Scotia)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence