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Subclade

Taxon
Taxon
Rauisuchidae
Nominal Author
Huene 1936
2nd Nominal Author
Huene 1942
Taxon Status ACTIVE
Comments
Most of the suprageneric taxa based on Rauisuchus tiradentes are probably polyphyletic, although decisive hypotheses of relationship have been difficult to establish (Gower 2000). The active definition is the first for Rauisuchidae and is based on the nominotypical genus and species Rauisuchus tiradentes. The definition is stem-based so that it will include taxa that are most closely related to Rauisuchus tiradentes but exclude taxa more closely related to other crurotarsal clades.
Potential Synonomy
Rauisuchia

Active Phylogenetic Definition
Active Definition
The most inclusive clade containing Rauisuchus tiradentes Huene 1942 but not Aetosaurus ferratus Fraas 1877, Prestosuchus chiniquensis Huene 1942, Poposaurus gracilis Mehl 1915, Crocodylus niloticus (Laurenti 1768).
Shorthand
> Rauisuchus tiradentes but not Aetosaurus ferratus, Prestosuchus chiniquensis, Poposaurus gracilis, Crocodylus niloticus.
Definitional Author
Sereno 2005
Definition Status ORIGINAL
Definition Type STEM
Node-Stem Triplet NO
Other Triplet Taxa
Specifiers
Specifier(s) A
Rauisuchus tiradentes
Specifier(s) B
Specifier(s) C
Aetosaurus ferratus, Prestosuchus chiniquensis, Poposaurus gracilis, Crocodylus niloticus
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2005

Inactive Taxon Status
Rejection Criteria
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