†suborder Metasuchia Benton and Clark 1988
Parent taxon: Crocodyliformes according to D. Schwarz-Wings et al. 2011
See also Andrade et al. 2011, Sereno et al. 2001 and Sereno and Larsson 2009
Sister taxa: Crocodilus blavieri, Crocodilus provencialis, Entradasuchus, Gobiosuchidae, Karatausuchus, Kemkemia, Kemkemia auditorei, Krokolithidae, Lisboasaurus, Lisboasaurus estesi, Mesoeucrocodylia, Microchampsa, Microchampsa scutata, Neuquensuchus, Platyognathus, Protosuchia, Protosuchidae, Shartegosuchoidea
Subtaxa: none
Distribution: found only at Huizachal Canyon (general) (Jurassic of Mexico)