Parent taxon: Crocodyliformes according to P. M. Nascimento and H. Zaher 2011
See also Agnolin and Pais 2006, Andrade et al. 2011, Averianov 2001, Brochu et al. 2002, Brochu et al. 2009, Georgi and Krause 2010, Hastings et al. 2011, Jouve 2005, Lamanna et al. 2019, O'Connor et al. 2010, Paulina-Carabajal et al. 2021, Pol 2003, Rogers 2003, Salisbury et al. 2006, Sereno et al. 2001, Sereno and Larsson 2009, Turner and Calvo 2005, Turner and Sertich 2010, Tykoski et al. 2002, Wings et al. 2010, Wu and Brinkman 1993 and Wu et al. 1996
Sister taxa: Crocodilus blavieri, Crocodilus provencialis, Entradasuchus, Gobiosuchidae, Karatausuchus, Kemkemia, Kemkemia auditorei, Krokolithidae, Lisboasaurus, Lisboasaurus estesi, Metasuchia, Microchampsa, Microchampsa scutata, Neuquensuchus, Platyognathus, Protosuchia, Protosuchidae, Shartegosuchoidea
Subtaxa: Cunampaia Cunampaia simplex Cunampaiidae Dianchungosaurus Hsisosuchidae Khuzdarcroco Lusitanisuchus Mesosuchia Microsuchus Neosuchia Notosuchia Sulaimanisuchidae Titanochampsa
Ecology: carnivore