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'Chatterjeeinae' is a subfamily of the family Poposauridae, first named by Long and Murray in 1995, and anchored on the genus ''Chatterjeea''. In 2007, Nesbitt showed that the poposaurid ''Effigia'' was very similar to ''Shuvosaurus'', and was a member of the crurotarsan group Suchia (in the line leading towards modern crocodilians). Furthermore, Nesbitt demonstrated that ''Shuvosaurus'' was the same animal as ''Chatterjeea'', and that it formed a clade inside Poposauridae with ''Effigia'' and the South American ''Sillosuchus''. Despite the fact that ''Chatterjeea'' was no longer a valid name separate from ''Shuvosaurus'', Nesbitt continued to use the name Chatterjeeinae for this group, in accordance with ICZN rules of naming priority.^[1]
Paul Sereno gave Chatterjeeinae a phylogenetic definition, "the least inclusive clade containing ''Chatterjeea elegans'' Long and Murrry 1995 and ''Sillosuchus longicervix'' Alcober and Parrish 1997."[1]

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1. Nesbitt, S. (2007). "The anatomy of ''Effigia okeeffeae'' (Archosauria, Suchia), theropod-like convergance, and the distribution of related taxa." ''Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History'', '302': 84 pp.