Mystriosuchini, historically known as Pseudopalatinae, is an extinct family (biology), tribe (formerly subfamily) of derived phytosaurs in the clade Leptosuchomorpha. As with all other phytosaurs, mystriosuchins lived during Late Triassic. The name is derived from the genus ''Mystriosuchus'', and the clade was phylogenetically defined by Andrew S. Jones and Richard J. Butler in 2018 as the last common ancestor and all descendants of ''Mystriosuchus, Mystriosuchus planirostris'', ''Machaeroprosopus, Machaeroprosopus jablonskiae'', and ''Machaeroprosopus, Machaeroprosopus buceros''. Genera classified in Mystriosuchini include ''Coburgosuchus'', ''Machaeroprosopus'', ''Mystriosuchus'', ''Nicrosaurus'' and ''Redondasaurus''.Hungerbühler A. 2002. The Late Triassic phytosaur ''Mystriosuchus westphali'', with a revision of the genus. ''Palaeontology'' 45 (2): 377-418 It includes the most ecologically divergent phytosaurs, the terrestrial ''Nicrosaurus'' and the fully aquatic ''Mystriosuchus''.Gozzi, E. & Renesto, S.A. 2003. Complete specimen of Mystriosuchus (Reptilia, Phytosauria) from the Norian (Late Triassic) of Lombardy (Northern Italy). Rivista Italiana Di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 109(3): 475-498.

Phylogeny

Below is a cladogram from Stocker (2012):

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q36042093 Phytosauria Late Triassic first appearances Late Triassic extinctions