Overview
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A Superorder in the Kingdom Animalia.
Taxonomy
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The Subclass Crocodylomorpha is a member of the Class Sauropsida. Here is the complete "parentage" of Crocodylomorpha:
- Domain: Eukaryota
Whittaker & Margulis, 1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Animalia
Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
- Subkingdom: Bilateria
(Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
- Branch: Deuterostomia
Grobben, 1908 - Deuterostomes
- Infrakingdom: Chordonia
(Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum: Chordata
Bateson, 1885 - Chordates
- Subphylum: Vertebrata
Cuvier, 1812 - Vertebrates
- Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Auct. - Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass: Tetrapoda
Goodrich, 1930 - Tetrapods
- Class: Sauropsida
- Subclass: Crocodylomorpha Hay, 1930 (Walker, 1968)
- Class: Sauropsida
- Superclass: Tetrapoda
Goodrich, 1930 - Tetrapods
- Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Auct. - Jawed Vertebrates
- Subphylum: Vertebrata
Cuvier, 1812 - Vertebrates
- Phylum: Chordata
Bateson, 1885 - Chordates
- Infrakingdom: Chordonia
(Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Branch: Deuterostomia
Grobben, 1908 - Deuterostomes
- Subkingdom: Bilateria
(Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
- Kingdom: Animalia
Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
The Subclass Crocodylomorpha is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Infraclass (1): Archosauromorpha
- Order (1): Crocodylia
Orders
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Crocodylia
At least 292 species and subspecies belong to the Order Crocodylia.
More info about the Order Crocodylia may be found here.
Sources
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