†family Phytosauridae Jaeger 1828 (archosauromorph)
Parent taxon: Phytosauria according to M. R. Stocker 2010
Sister taxa: Bradysuchus, Desmatosuchia, Lophoprosopus, Machaeroprosopus, Paleorhinus, Parasuchus, Protome, Pseudopalatus, Smilosuchus, Palaeoctonus, Suchoprion, Apatopodidae, Mystriosuchidae, Rutiodontidae, Rileya, Coburgosuchus, Francosuchus, Ebrachosuchus, Angistorhinopsis, Belodon
Subtaxa: Angistorhinus, Brachysuchus, Leptosuchomorpha, Phytosaurus, Rutiodon
Type: Phytosaurus
Ecology: carnivore