Le cladogramme ci-dessous reprend les résultats de l'analyse phylogénétique de Mark T. Young, Mark A. Bell, Marco Brandalise de Andrade et Stephen L. Brusatte en 2011[5]:
1 2 (en) Mark T. Young et Marco Brandalise de Andrade, «What is Geosaurus? Redescription of Geosaurus giganteus (Thalattosuchia: Metriorhynchidae) from the Upper Jurassic of Bayern, Germany», Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, vol.157, no3, , p.551–585 (DOI10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00536.x)
1 2 (en) M. T. Young, S. L. Brusatte, M. Ruta et M. B. Andrade. 2010. The evolution of Metriorhynchoidea (Mesoeucrocodylia, Thalattosuchia): an integrated approach using geometric morphometrics, analysis of disparity, and biomechanics. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 158(4):801-859, doi=10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00571.x
1 2 (en) Andrea Cau; Federico Fanti, «The oldest known metriorhynchid crocodylian from the Middle Jurassic of North-eastern Italy: Neptunidraco ammoniticusgen. et sp. nov.», Gondwana Research, vol.19, no2, , p.550–565 (DOI10.1016/j.gr.2010.07.007)
↑ (en) Mark T. Young, Stephen L. Brusatte, Marco Brandalise De Andrade, Julia B. Desojo, Brian L. Beatty, Lorna Steel, Marta S. Fernández, Manabu Sakamoto, José Ignacio Ruiz-Omeñaca et Rainer R. Schoch, «The Cranial Osteology and Feeding Ecology of the Metriorhynchid Crocodylomorph Genera Dakosaurus and Plesiosuchus from the Late Jurassic of Europe», PLoS ONE, vol.7, no9, , e44985 (PMID23028723, PMCID3445579, DOI10.1371/journal.pone.0044985, lire en ligne)
↑ (en) Mark T. Young, Mark A. Bell, Marco Brandalise de Andrade et Stephen L. Brusatte, «Body size estimation and evolution in metriorhynchid crocodylomorphs: implications for species diversification and niche partitioning», Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, vol.163, no4, , p.1199–1216 (DOI10.1111/j.1096-3642.2011.00734.x, lire en ligne)
