[1] Almadasuchus was recovered from Puesto Almada , 30 m above the fish beds, dated as Oxfordian in age.

[2] According to a phylogenetic analysis that accompanied the first description of the species, A. figarii is the sister taxon or closest relative of the clade Crocodyliformes, a large group that originated in the Late Triassic and includes modern crocodilians.

Crocodyliforms appeared in the Late Triassic and began a major evolutionary radiation in the Jurassic, making Almadasuchus one of the last non-crocodyliform crocodylomorphs.

In crocodyliforms, the braincase is strongly sutured to a bone called the quadrate, making the skull completely immovable or akinetic.

[1] Pseudhesperosuchus Dromicosuchus Hesperosuchus Kayentasuchus Saltoposuchus Litargosuchus Terrestrisuchus Sphenosuchus Dibothrosuchus Junggarsuchus Almadasuchus Protosuchus Orthosuchus Gobiosuchus Sichuanosuchus Zosuchus Hsisosuchus Notosuchia Neosuchia