Reptilia - Loricata - Pholidosauridae
Alternative spelling: Pholidosaurinae
Synonyms: Macrorhynchidae Koken 1887, Rhabdognathidae Swinton 1930, Rhabdosauridae Bergounioux 1955
Full reference: K. A. von Zittel and C. R. Eastman. 1902. Text-Book of Palaeontology. Volume II. Macmillan and Company, Limited, London viii-283
Parent taxon: Tethysuchia according to R. G. Souza et al. 2019
See also Andrade et al. 2011, Bergounioux 1955, Bronzati et al. 2012, Buffetaut 1982, Carroll 1988, Delair 1958, Fortier et al. 2011, Hay 1930, Huene 1954, Jaekel 1911, Jouve 2009, Jouve et al. 2006, Kuhn 1946, Kuhn 1966, Martin and Buffetaut 2012, Martin et al. 2013, Montefeltro et al. 2013, Nopcsa 1928, Young et al. 2016 and Zittel 1890
Sister taxa: Dyrosauroidea, Tethysuchoidea
Subtaxa: Anglosuchus Chalawan Dakotasuchus Meridiosaurus Oceanosuchus Petrosuchus Pholidosaurus Rhabdosaurus Sabinosuchus Sarcosuchus Terminonaris Woodbinesuchus
Distribution:
• Eocene of Tunisia (1 collection)
• Paleocene of Morocco (1)
• Cretaceous of Algeria (2), Brazil (5), Canada (1: Saskatchewan), France (4), Germany (2), Mali (1), Mexico (1), Morocco (2), Niger (3), Spain (3), Tunisia (2), the United Kingdom (3), United States (24: Kansas, Maryland, Minnesota, Montana, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah, Wyoming), Uzbekistan (1)
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Thailand (3)
• Jurassic of China (1), France (1), the United Kingdom (1), Uruguay (1)
Total: 63 collections including 66 occurrences