- Desmatosuchinae
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Desmatosuchinae
Temporal range: Late Triassic
Skeleton of Desmatosuchus Scientific classification 
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: †Aetosauria Family: †Stagonolepididae Subfamily: †Desmatosuchinae
Heckert and Lucas, 2000Genera - Acaenasuchus
- Desmatosuchus
- Longosuchus
- Lucasuchus
- Sierritasuchus
Desmatosuchinae is one of the two subfamilies of aetosaurs, the other being Aetosaurinae. It is a stem-based taxon defined as all aetosaurs more closely related to Desmatosuchus than the last common ancestor of Desmatosuchus and Stagonolepis.[1] All synapomorphies that diagnose the clade can be found in the osteoderms. These include tongue-and-groove articulations for lateral plates present in dorsal presacral paramedian plates and large spikes on the lateral cervical, dorsal, and caudal plates.[2]
References
- ^ Heckert, A. B.; and Lucas, S. G. (2000). "Taxonomy, phylogeny, biostratigraphy, biochronology, paleobiogeography, and evolution of the Late Triassic Aetosauria (Archosauria: Crurotarsi).". Zentralblatt für Geologie und Paläontologie, Teil I, Heft 11-12: 1539–1587.
- ^ Parker, W. G. (2007). "Reassessment of the aetosaur ‘Desmatosuchus’ chamaensis with a reanalysis of the phylogeny of the Aetosauria (Archosauria:Pseudosuchia)". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 5: 41–68. doi:10.1017/S1477201906001994.
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