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Subclade

Taxon
Taxon
Saltoposuchidae
Nominal Author
Crush 1984
2nd Nominal Author
Taxon Status ACTIVE
Comments
Saltoposuchidae is defined as a node-based taxon containing Saltoposuchus connectens but not Sphenosuchus acutus or Crocodylus niloticus. Should there exist a subgroup of sphenosuchians more advanced than Sphenosuchus acutus, as some analyses have indicated, then this taxon would be available. Crocodylus niloticus is included as an external specifier to maintain content, should Saltoposuchus connectens somehow prove to be more closely related to extant crocodilians than to Sphenosuchus acutus.
Potential Synonomy

Active Phylogenetic Definition
Active Definition
The most inclusive clade containing Saltoposuchus connectens Huene 1921 but not Sphenosuchus acutus Haughton 1915, Crocodylus niloticus (Laurenti 1768).
Shorthand
> Saltoposuchus connectens but not Sphenosuchus acutus, Crocodylus niloticus.
Definitional Author
Sereno 2005
Definition Status ORIGINAL
Definition Type STEM
Node-Stem Triplet NO
Other Triplet Taxa
Specifiers
Specifier(s) A
Saltoposuchus connectens
Specifier(s) B
Specifier(s) C
Sphenosuchus acutus, Crocodylus niloticus
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Datum
Taxonomic Content
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2005

Inactive Taxon Status
Rejection Criteria
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