 Some of the non-autapomorphic traits of "A. sordidus" listed above, such as the quadrate depression, medial approximation of the prefrontals, and ridge on the ectopterygoid-jugal articulation, confirm its placement within Baurusuchidae.The phylogenetic position of "Aplestosuchus" within Baurusuchidae was investigated in its original description, Godoy "et al.