L'analyse phylogénétique réalisée par Parrilla-Bel, Young et leurs collègues à la suite de la description de Maledictosuchus a montré que ce genre était le plus basal des Rhacheosaurini[4].
(en) Mark T. Young, Mark A. Bell and Stephen L. Brusatte, «Craniofacial form and function in Metriorhynchidae (Crocodylomorpha: Thalattosuchia): modelling phenotypic evolution with maximum-likelihood methods», Biology Letters, vol.7, no6, , p.913–916 (PMID21543396, PMCID3210659, DOI10.1098/rsbl.2011.0357)
(de) Wagner A. 1858. Zur Kenntniss der Saurier aus den lithographischen Schiefern. Abhandlungen der Mathemat.-Physikalischen Classe der Königlich Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften8: 415-528
(en) Parrilla-Bel J, Young MT, Moreno-Azanza M, Canudo JI (2013) The First Metriorhynchid Crocodylomorph from the Middle Jurassic of Spain, with Implications for Evolution of the Subclade Rhacheosaurini. PLoS ONE 8(1): e54275. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0054275
(en) Young MT, Bell MA, Andrade MB, Brusatte SL (2011) Body size estimation and evolution in metriorhynchid crocodylomorphs: implications for species diversificiation and niche partitioning. Zool J Linn Soc 163: 1199–1216
(en) Mark T. Young, Stephen L. Brusatte, Marco Brandalise De Andrade, Julia B. Desojo, Brian L. Beatty, Lorna Steel, Marta S. Fernández, Manabu Sakamoto, José Ignacio Ruiz-Omeñaca et Rainer R. Schoch, «The Cranial Osteology and Feeding Ecology of the Metriorhynchid Crocodylomorph Genera Dakosaurus and Plesiosuchus from the Late Jurassic of Europe», PLoS ONE, vol.7, no9, , e44985 (PMID23028723, PMCID3445579, DOI10.1371/journal.pone.0044985, lire en ligne)