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Pseudosuchia
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Nominal Author | Zittel 1887-1890 |
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Taxon Status | INACTIVE |
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Potential Synonomy | Crurotarsi |
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Definition Status | Unknown |
Definition Type | Unknown |
Node-Stem Triplet | Unknown |
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historically polyphyletic other |
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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Earliest Record | Crocodiles and all archosaurs closer to crocodiles than to birds. |
Latest Record | Gauthier and Padian 1985:189 |
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Earliest Record | Extant crocodiles and all extinct archosaurs that are closer to crocodiles than they are to birds. |
Latest Record | Gauthier 1986: |
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