PaleoDB taxon number: 178426
Synonyms: Belodonti Marsh 1895 (no. 308841), Belodontia Marsh 1895 (no. 156401), Parasuchia Huxley (no. 54995), Parasuchida Huxley (no. 401323)
Parent taxon: Pseudosuchia according to M. D. Ezcurra 2016
Sister taxa: Aetosauridae, Aetosauroidea, Browniella, Chasmatosaurus ultimus, Chirotheriidae, Chirotherioidea, Dasygnathus longidens, Dongusia, Dongusia colorata, Elachistosuchoidea, Erpetosuchidae, Gwyneddichniidae, Ingenierichnus, Koilamasuchus, Nundasuchus, Ornithosuchidae, Ornithosuchoidea, Procerosuchus, Prochirotherium, Proterosuchoidea, Rileyasuchus, Rotodactylidae, Scleromochloidea, Sphenosuchoidea, Suchia, Synaptichniidae, Thecodontichnus, Youngosuchus
Subtaxa: Angistorhinopsis, Angistorhinopsis ruetimeyeri, Angistorhinus gracilis, Apatopodidae, Belodon, Belodon ingens, Belodon lepturus, Belodon plieningeri, Belodon scolopax, Belodon superciliosus, Belodon validus, Brachysuchus maleriensis, Centemodon, Centemodon sulcatus, Clepsysaurus, Clepsysaurus leai, Clepsysaurus pennsylvanicus, Clepsysaurus veatleianus, Coburgosuchus, Compsosaurus, Compsosaurus priscus, Diandongosuchus, Dicynodon rosmarus, Eurydorus, Eurydorus serridens, Francosuchus, Francosuchus broilii, Francosuchus latus, Heterodontichnites, Heterodontosuchus, Heterodontosuchus ganei, Leptosuchus imperfecta, Mesorhinosuchidae, Mystriosuchidae, Omosaurus, Omosaurus perplexus, Palaeoctonus, Palaeoctonus appalachianus, Palaeoctonus aulacodus, Palaeoctonus dumblianus, Palaeoctonus orthodon, Palaeosaurus, Palaeosaurus fraserianus, Palaeosaurus platyodon, Palaeosaurus stricklandi, Paleorhinidae, Parasuchidae, Pelycosimia, Phytosaurus, Phytosaurus cubicodon, Phytosaurus cylindricodon, Promystriosuchus, Rhytidodon rostratus, Rileya bristolensis, Rutiodon manhattanensis, Rutiodontidae, Suchoprion, Suchoprion cyphodon, Suchoprion sulcidens, Termatosaurus albertii
Ecology: carnivore