Parent taxon: Crocodyloidea according to C. A. Brochu 2007
See also Brochu and Gingerich 2000, Hua and Jouve 2004, Kuhn 1966, Laurito and Valerio 2008, Mook 1962 and Weems 2018
Sister taxa: Albertosuchus, Asiatosuchus, Astorgosuchus, Brachyuranochampsa, Crocodylidae, Prodiplocynodon
Subtaxa: Atacisaurus Atacisaurus glareae Dollosuchoides Dollosuchus Ferganosuchus Gavialis breviceps Gavialis curvirostris Gavialis leptodus Gavialis pachyrhynchus Gavialosuchus Kentisuchus Maomingosuchus Maroccosuchus Megadontosuchus Paratomistoma Penghusuchus Rhamphosuchus Thecachampsa Tomistoma Tomistoma lyceense Toyotamaphimeia
Ecology: carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of China (1 collection), Japan (2), Taiwan (1), United States (1: South Carolina)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of India (1)
• Pliocene of Chad (3), Japan (1), Pakistan (1), Uganda (3)
• Hemphillian of Costa Rica (1), United States (4: Florida, North Carolina)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Uganda (5)
• Miocene of Austria (1), Bolivia (1), Brazil (1), Egypt (2), France (2), Germany (2), Italy (3), Kenya (2), Libya (1), Malta (1), Nepal (1), Pakistan (4), Panama (1), Poland (1), Portugal (6), Spain (1), Taiwan (1), United States (20: Florida, Maryland, New Jersey, Texas, Virginia, florida), Venezuela (2)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Pakistan (1)
• Oligocene of France (1), Indonesia (1), Oman (1), United States (8: South Carolina)
• Eocene of Belgium (1), China (2), Egypt (2), France (3), India (1), Italy (1), Libya (2), Morocco (3), Thailand (1), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (2: California, Maryland)
• Paleocene of United States (3: Maryland, Virginia)
Total: 112 collections including 120 occurrences