SUPERCLASS: AMNIOTA HAECKEL, 1866

CLASS: REPTILIA LAURENTI, 1768

SUBCLASS: DIAPSIDA OSBORN, 1904

SUPERLEGION: NEODIAPSIDA BENTON, 1985

LEGION: ARCHOSAUROMORPHA HUENE, 1946

SUPERCOHORT: CRUROTARSI SERENO & ARCUCCI, 1990

COHORT: CROCODYLOTARSI BENTON & CLARK, 1988

SUPERORDER: PARASUCHIMORPHA NOVA

ORDER: PARASUCHIA HUXLEY, 1875

Family: ANGISTORHINIDAE Huene, 1936

Subfamily: RUTIODONTINAE Long & Murry, 1995

Rutiodon carolinense
= Palaeonornis struthionoides