 "Baurusuchus" is the type genus of the family Baurusuchidae, a family consisting of crocodilians with elongated and laterally compressed skulls.Other members of that family from the Cretaceous of South America include "Stratiotosuchus" and "Cynodontosuchus", but baurusuchids are also known from the Cretaceous of Asia (Pakistan) and the Tertiary of Europe.A study in 2011 erected a new subfamily called Baurusuchinae.