| Crocodyloidea Temporal range: Late Cretaceous - Recent, 83.5–0 Ma |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Superorder: | Crocodylomorpha |
| Order: | Crocodylia |
| Node: | Brevirostres |
| Superfamily: | Crocodyloidea Fitzinger, 1826 |
| Families and Genera | |
Crocodyloidea is a superfamily of crocodilians that evolved in the Late Cretaceous period. Cladistically, it is defined as Crocodylus niloticus (the Nile crocodile) and all crocodylians more closely related to C. niloticus than to either Alligator mississippiensis (the American alligator) or Gavialis gangeticus (the gharial).[1]
Cladogram after Brochu C. A., Njau J., Blumenschine R. J., Densmore L. D. (2010)[2].
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