Parent taxon: Mesoeucrocodylia according to J. J. W. Sertich and P. M. O'Connor 2014
See also Andrade et al. 2011, Bonaparte 1991, Bronzati et al. 2012, Buffetaut 1982, Carvalho et al. 2004, Efimov and Leschinskii 1998, Gasparini et al. 2006, Georgi and Krause 2010, Nascimento and Zaher 2011, O'Connor et al. 2010, Paulina-Carabajal et al. 2021, Pol et al. 2012, Pol et al. 2014, Sereno et al. 2001, Sereno and Larsson 2009 and Turner and Sertich 2010
Sister taxa: Cunampaia, Cunampaia simplex, Cunampaiidae, Dianchungosaurus, Hsisosuchidae, Khuzdarcroco, Lusitanisuchus, Mesosuchia, Microsuchus, Neosuchia, Peirosauria, Sulaimanisuchidae, Titanochampsa
Subtaxa: Candidodontidae Comahuesuchidae Coringasuchus Eptalofosuchus Eunotosuchia Libycosuchidae Llanosuchus Peirosaurimorpha Trematochampsa Trematochampsa taqueti Ziphosuchia
Ecology: carnivore