Ziphosuchia

Extinct clade of reptiles

Ziphosuchians Temporal range: Middle Jurassic - Middle Miocene, 167–11 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N

Life restoration of Notosuchus terrestris
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Clade:	Archosauria
Clade:	Pseudosuchia
Clade:	Crocodylomorpha
Clade:	Crocodyliformes
Clade:	Mesoeucrocodylia
Clade:	Metasuchia
Clade:	†Ziphosuchia Ortega et al., 2000
Subgroups
†Doratodon †Microsuchus? †Sebecia †Notosuchia

Ziphosuchia is a clade of mesoeucrocodylian crocodyliforms that includes notosuchians and sebecosuchians.

Systematics

First constructed in 2000, it was considered to include Notosuchus, Libycosuchus, and Sebecosuchia.^[1]^[2] In a 2004 phylogenetic study, it was defined as the most recent common ancestor of Notosuchus, Libycosuchus, and Baurusuchoidea and all of its descendants.^[3]

Ziphosuchia is often considered to be the sister group of Neosuchia, a clade that includes modern crocodilians. Razanandrongobe is the oldest representative of this clade.^[4]

^ Ortega, F.; Gasparini, Z.; Buscalioni, A.D.; Calvo, J.O. (2000). "A new species of Araripesuchus (Crocodylomorpha, Mesoeucrocodylia) from the Lower Cretaceous of Patagonia (Argentina)" (PDF). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 20 (1): 57–76. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2000)020[0057:ANSOAC]2.0.CO;2.
^ Company, J.; Suberbiola, X.A.; Ruiz-Omeñaca, J.I.; Buscalioni, A.D. (2005). "A new species of Doratodon (Crocodyliformes: Ziphosuchia) from the Late Cretaceous of Spain" (PDF). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 25 (2): 343–353. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2005)025[0343:ANSODC]2.0.CO;2.
^ Carvalho, I.S.; Ribeiro, L.C.B.; Avilla, L.S. (2004). "Uberabasuchus terrificus sp. nov., a new Crocodylomorpha from the Bauru Basin (Upper Cretaceous), Brazil" (PDF). Gondwana Research. 7 (4): 975–1002. doi:10.1016/S1342-937X(05)71079-0.
^ Dal Sasso C, Pasini G, Fleury G, Maganuco S. (2017) Razanandrongobe sakalavae, a gigantic mesoeucrocodylian from the Middle Jurassic of Madagascar, is the oldest known notosuchian. PeerJ 5:e3481 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3481

Ziphosuchia

see Pseudosuchia
Ziphosuchia	see below↓

Ziphosuchia

Amargasuchus Fortignathus? Miadanasuchus Stolokrosuchus?
Pepesuchinae	Barreirosuchus Caririsuchus Itasuchus Pepesuchus Roxochampsa
Peirosaurinae	Antaeusuchus Barcinosuchus Barrosasuchus Bayomesasuchus Colhuehuapisuchus Gasparinisuchus Hamadasuchus Kinesuchus Lomasuchus Montealtosuchus Patagosuchus Peirosaurus Pepesuchus Rukwasuchus Uberabasuchus

Notosuchia	see below↓

Anatosuchus? Araripesuchus Comahuesuchus? Libycosuchus Razanandrongobe? Simosuchus Uruguaysuchus
Candidodontidae?	Candidodon Lavocatchampsa Malawisuchus Pakasuchus

Cynodontosuchus Gondwanasuchus Pabwehshi
Baurusuchinae	Aphaurosuchus Aplestosuchus Baurusuchus Stratiotosuchus
Pissarrachampsinae	Campinasuchus Pissarrachampsa Wargosuchus

Adamantinasuchus Labidiosuchus Yacarerani
Sphagesaurinae	Armadillosuchus Caryonosuchus Sphagesaurus
Caipirasuchinae	Caipirasuchus Morrinhosuchus