Eusuchia

Eusuchia

Temporal range: Early Cretaceous - Recent,

Three species of living eusuchian: gharial (left), American alligator (center), and American crocodile (right).

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Crocodylomorpha

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Eusuchia
Huxley, 1875

Subgroups

†Borealosuchus
†Confractosuchus
†Deinosuchus
†Diplocynodon
†Leidyosuchus
†Portugalosuchus
†Aegyptosuchidae
†Allodaposuchidae
†Hylaeochampsidae
†Planocraniidae
Crocodilia
†"Thoracosaurs"
- †Argochampsa
- †Eogavialis
- †Eosuchus
- †Eothoracosaurus
- †Thoracosaurus

Possible Members
†Isisfordia †Susisuchus †Titanochampsa †Atoposauridae †Bernissartiidae †Paralligatoridae

Eusuchia is a clade of neosuchian crocodylomorphs that first appeared in the Early Cretaceous, which includes modern crocodilians. Along with Dyrosauridae and Sebecosuchia, they were the only crocodyliformes who survived the K-Pg extinction.