†unranked clade Phytosauria Jaeger 1828 (archosauromorph)
Invalid subtaxa: Belodon validus Marsh 1893 [nomen dubium], Francosuchus trauthi Huene 1939 [nomen dubium], Parasuchia, Rutiodon validus Marsh 1893 [nomen dubium]
Parent taxon: Crurotarsi according to S. J. Nesbitt 2011
Sister taxa: Archosauria, Crocodylotarsi, Euscolosuchus, Isochirotherium, Ornithosuchia, Synaptichnium
Subtaxa: Angistorhinopsis, Apatopodidae, Belodon, Bradysuchus, Coburgosuchus, Desmatosuchia, Ebrachosuchus, Francosuchus, Lophoprosopus, Machaeroprosopus, Mystriosuchidae, Palaeoctonus, Paleorhinus, Parasuchus, Phytosauridae, Protome, Pseudopalatus, Rileya, Rutiodontidae, Smilosuchus, Suchoprion
Ecology: carnivore