PaleoDB taxon number: 92044
Synonym: Mesosauria Giebel 1847 (taxon 149892)
Full reference: E. Fraas. 1901. Die Meerkrokodile (Thalattosuchia n. g.) eine neue sauriergruppe der Juraformation. Jahreshefte des Vereins fur vaterlandische Naturkunde, Wurttemberg 57:409-418
Parent taxon: Neosuchia according to M. Bronzati et al. 2012
Sister taxa: Alligatorium franconicum, Atoposauridae, Bernissartia, Bernissartiidae, Brillanceausuchidae, Deltasuchus, Eusuchia, Gilchristosuchus, Heterosuchus, Ischyrochampsa, Ischyrochampsa meridionalis, Khoratosuchus, Montsecosuchus, Paluxysuchus, Shamosuchus karakalpakensis, Shamosuchus occidentalis, Stomatosuchidae, Susisuchidae, Terminonaris, Tethysuchia, Theriosuchus, Wahasuchus
Subtaxa: Eoneustes, Metriorhynchidae, Metriorhynchoidea, Mystriosaurus, Peipehsuchus, Pelagosaurus, Steneosaurus gerthi, Teleidosaurus, Teleosauridae, Teleosauroidea
Ecology: nektonic carnivore