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Aetosaurinae
Fossil range: Late Triassic
Desmatosuchus BW
Desmatosuchus, one of the largest aetosaurs at 16 feet long.
Scientific classification

Class

Sauropsida

Subclass

Diapsida

Infraclass

Archosauromorpha

Order (Unranked)

Crurotarsi

Order

Aetosauria

Suborder

Aetosaurinae
Marsh, 1884



Aetosaurinae is an extinct suborder of aetosaurs named by American paleontologist Othniel Charles Marsh in 1884.

Cladogram[]

`--o †Aetosaurinae Marsh, 1884 sensu Heckert & Lucas, 2000

        |--+-- †Coahomasuchus kahleorum Heckert & Lucas, 1999
        |  |-- †Neoaetosauroides engaeus Bonaparte, 1969
        |  `--+--o †Aetosaurus O. Fraas, 1887
        |     |  |-- †A. ferratus O. Fraas, 1887
        |     |  `?- †A. crassicauda E. Fraas, 1907 [conspecific with A. ferratus sensu Parrish, 1994]
        |     |-- †Aetosauroides scagliai
        |     `--o †Stagonolepis Agassiz, 1844 [taxonomic history]
        |        |-- †S. robertsoni Agassiz, 1844 [taxonomic history]
        |        `-- †S. wellesi (Long & Bellew, 1985) Murray & Long, 1989

References[]

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