Eusuchia

Eusuchia; Temporal range: Early Cretaceous - Recent,
	Three species of living eusuchian: gharial (left), American alligator (center), and American crocodile (right).
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Clade:	Archosauria
Clade:	Pseudosuchia
Clade:	Crocodylomorpha
Clade:	Crocodyliformes
Clade:	Neosuchia
Clade:	Eusuchia; Huxley, 1875
Subgroups
	†Aegyptosuchidae; †Allodaposuchidae; †Atoposauridae?; †Hylaeochampsidae †Acynodon?; ; †Borealosuchus; †Confractosuchus; †Portugalosuchus; †"Thoracosaurs"? †Argochampsa; †Eogavialis; †Eosuchus; †Eothoracosaurus; †Thoracosaurus; ; †Planocraniidae; Crocodylia;

Eusuchia is a clade of neosuchian crocodylomorphs that first appeared in the Early Cretaceous, which includes modern crocodilians. Along with Dyrosauridae and Sebecosuchia, they were the only crocodyliformes who survived the K-Pg extinction.

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