†subfamily Thoracosaurinae Cope 1871

Reptilia - Crocodylia - Crocodylidae

Alternative spelling: Thoracosauridae

Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1871. On the homologies of some of the cranial bones of the Reptilia, and on the systematic arrangement of the class. Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science 19:194-247

Parent taxon: Crocodylidae according to A. C. Myrick 2001

See also Bryant 1989, Carpenter 1983, Cope 1871, Cope 1875, Domning and Clark 1993, Hay 1930, Kuhn 1966, Nopcsa 1928 and Storrs and Efimov 2000

Sister taxa: Aldabrachampsus, Charactosuchus, Crocodylinae, Euthecodontinae, Leptorramphus, Osteolaeminae, Oxysdonsaurus, Oxysdonsaurus striatus, Tzaganosuchus, Zhyrasuchus

Subtaxa: none

Type: Thoracosaurus

Distribution: found only at Malaya Serdoba (Cretaceous of Russian Federation)

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