Belongs within: Neosuchia.
The Pholidosauridae are a group of crocodyliforms known from the Cretaceous, most of which are slender-snouted, fish-eating specialists adapted to near-shore marine habitats (Sereno et al. 2001).
<==Pholidosauridae
|–Pholidosaurus decipiens SL01, GPS06
`–+–+–Terminonaris ropbusta SL01, GPS06
| `–Sarcosuchus Broin & Tarquet 1966 SL01, D07
| |–S. hartti SL01
| `–S. imperator Broin & Taquet 1966 SL01
`–+–Sokotosuchus ianwilsoni GPS06
`–Dyrosauridae GPS06
|–Congosaurus LB02
|–Rhabdognathus SF03
|–Hyposaurus rogersii GPS06
|–Chenanisuchus lateroculi GPS06
`–Dyrosaurus Thomas 1893 SL01, D07
|–D. minor SF03
`–D. phosphaticus GPS06
*Type species of generic name indicated
REFERENCES
[D07] Dixon, D. 2007. The Complete Illustrated Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs & Prehistoric Creatures. Hermes House: London.
[GPS06] Gasparini, Z., D. Pol & L. A. Spalletti. 2006. An unusual marine crocodyliform from the Jurassic–Cretaceous boundary of Patagonia. Science 311: 70–73.
[LB02] Lapparent de Broin, F. de. 2002. Elosuchus, a new genus of crocodile from the Lower Cretaceous of the north of Africa. Comptes Rendus Palevol 1: 275–285.
[SF03] Salisbury, S. W., E. Frey, D. M. Martill & M. C. Buchy. 2003. A new crocodilian from the Lower Cretaceous Crato Formatioin of north-eastern Brazil. Palaeontographica Abteilung A: Paläozoologie—Stratigraphie 270: 3–47.
[SL01] Sereno, P. C., H. C. E. Larsson, C. A. Sidor & B. Gado. 2001. The giant crocodyliform Sarcosuchus from the Cretaceous of Africa. Science 294: 1516–1519.