Reptilia - Loricata - Paralligatoridae
Parent taxon: Eusuchia according to A. H. Turner 2015
See also Adams 2014, Buffetaut 1982, Carroll 1988, Kuhn 1966, Montefeltro et al. 2013 and Storrs and Efimov 2000
Sister taxa: Aegyptosuchidae, Albertosuchus, Allodaposuchidae, Borealosuchus, Cocodrylidae, Confractosuchus, Crocodylia, Dolichochampsidae, Heterosuchus valdensis, Hylaeochampsidae, Isisfordia, Pristichampsus, Pristichampsus rollinati, Stromerosuchidae, Susisuchus, Wanosuchus
Subtaxa: Batrachomimus Brillanceausuchus Kansajsuchus Paralligator Paralligator sungaricus Rugosuchus Scolomastax Shamosuchus Shamosuchus borealis Tarsomordeo Wannchampsus Yanjisuchus
Ecology: carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Cameroon (1 collection), China (4), Kazakhstan (1), Mongolia (9), the Russian Federation (1), Tajikistan (1), United States (3: Texas), Uzbekistan (1)
• Jurassic of Brazil (1)
Total: 22 collections including 23 occurrences