†suborder Desmatosuchia Case 1920 (aetosaur)
Reptilia - Pseudosuchia - Stagonolepididae
Full reference: E. C. Case. 1920. Preliminary description of a new suborder of phytosaurian reptiles with a description of a new species of Phytosaurus. Journal of Geology 28(6):524-535
Parent taxon: Stagonolepididae according to W. G. Parker 2016
See also Case 1920, Case 1922 and Hay 1930
Sister taxa: Aetobarbakinoides, Aetosaurinae, Episcoposaurinae, Stegominae, Stegomus, Typlothorax
Subtaxa: Desmatosuchinae Stagonolepis
Ecology: herbivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of Argentina (6 collections), Brazil (1), Germany (1), Poland (3), the United Kingdom (2), United States (81: Arizona, New Mexico, North Carolina, Texas, Utah, Wyoming)
Total: 94 collections including 106 occurrences