Crocodylus greenwoodi Suneja et al. 1977 (crocodile)

Reptilia - Crocodylia - Crocodylidae

Full reference: I. J. Suneja, G. Singh, and S. R. K. Chopra. 1977. A new species of Crocodylus Laurenti from Jammu Hills, India. Journal of the Indian Academy of Geoscience 20:1-6

Belongs to Crocodylus according to I. J. Suneja et al. 1977

Sister taxa: Crocodilus (Ichthyosuchus), Crocodilus antiquus, Crocodilus biporcatus, Crocodilus ziphodon, Crocodylus (Leptorhynchus), Crocodylus acer, Crocodylus acutus, Crocodylus affinis, Crocodylus americanus, Crocodylus anthropophagus, Crocodylus aptus, Crocodylus bambolii, Crocodylus caralitanus, Crocodylus chamensis, Crocodylus checchiai, Crocodylus elliotti, Crocodylus falconensis, Crocodylus gariepensis, Crocodylus gaudense, Crocodylus grypus, Crocodylus intermedius, Crocodylus johnstoni, Crocodylus megarhinus, Crocodylus mindorensis, Crocodylus moreletii, Crocodylus niloticus, Crocodylus niloticus kaisensis, Crocodylus novaeguineae, Crocodylus palaeindicus, Crocodylus palustris, Crocodylus parvus, Crocodylus polyodon, Crocodylus porosus, Crocodylus raninus, Crocodylus rhombifer, Crocodylus siamensis, Crocodylus solaris, Crocodylus stavelianus, Crocodylus subulatus, Crocodylus suchus, Crocodylus sulciferus, Crocodylus thorbjarnarsoni, Crocodylus wheelerii, Crocodylus ziphodon, Limnosaurus

Type specimen: Its type locality is 2 km NE of Jagtambo Village, which is in a Pliocene floodplain sandstone/siltstone in the Nagrota Formation of India

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution: found only at 2 km NE of Jagtambo Village

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