What Does The Cladistic Sense Of Archosauria Include?

💡 The Answer

• The cladistic sense includes all living relatives of birds and crocodilians.
• It also includes all extinct relatives of birds and crocodilians.
• Examples given: non-avian dinosaurs, pterosaurs, phytosaurs, aetosaurs, rauisuchians.
• Many Mesozoic marine reptiles are also included.