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Clade
Subclade

Taxon
Taxon
Pseudosuchia
Nominal Author
Zittel 1887-1890
2nd Nominal Author
Taxon Status INACTIVE
Comments
Potential Synonomy
Crurotarsi

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Active Definition
Shorthand
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Definition Status Unknown
Definition Type Unknown
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Inactive Taxon Status
Rejection Criteria historically polyphyletic
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Critique
Traditionally Pseudosuchia was used for a paraphyletic assemblage that specifically excluded Crocodylia and Phytosauria. Gauthier and Padian (1985) and later authors have tried to establish this name for the monophyletic clade of stem crocodilians, but this has not been generally accepted.
 

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Crocodiles and all archosaurs closer to crocodiles than to birds.
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Extant crocodiles and all extinct archosaurs that are closer to crocodiles than they are to birds.
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