Sphenosuchia is a suborder of basal crocodylomorphs that first appeared in the Triassic and occurred into the Middle Jurassic. Most were small, gracile...

of small (1–1.5 m and 10–15 kg), long-tailed crocodylomorph reptile (Sphenosuchia), from the Norian (Late Triassic) of Europe. The name translated means...

earliest lineages of Crocodylomorpha are placed into the paraphyletic "Sphenosuchia", which are characterized by slender bodies with elongate legs. The oldest...

caused the extinction of all the pseudosuchians with the exception of Sphenosuchia and Crocodyliformes (both Crocodylomorpha), the latter being the ancestors...

of the Late Jurassic alleged dinosaur Macelognathus (Crocodylomorpha: Sphenosuchia)". Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 42 (3): 307–321. Bibcode:2005CaJES...

v t e Pseudosuchia See also: Rauisuchia Prestosuchidae Bathyotica Sphenosuchia Protosuchia Mesosuchia Category...

published in 1998 by Spencer et al. considered Dyoplax to be within Sphenosuchia, a grade of basal crocodylomorphs. The authors claimed that all synapomorphies...

v t e Pseudosuchia See also: Rauisuchia Prestosuchidae Bathyotica Sphenosuchia Protosuchia Mesosuchia Category...

v t e Pseudosuchia See also: Rauisuchia Prestosuchidae Bathyotica Sphenosuchia Protosuchia Mesosuchia Category...

In later years Pedeticosaurus was interpreted as either a member of Sphenosuchia or Protosuchia, both of which are groups of small-bodied Jurassic crocodylomorphs...