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Crocodylinae
Taxonomy
Crocodylinae was named by Cuvier (1807). It is extant.
It was corrected as Crocodilinae by Kuhn (1946) and Persson (1960); it was misspelled as Crocodilinae by Mook (1962), Estes (1964), Kuhn (1966), Estes and Berberian (1970), Estes (1976), Efimov (1982) and Willis (1993); it was reranked as the unranked clade Crocodylinae by Rio and Mannion (2021).
It was assigned to Crocodilidae by Kuhn (1946), Persson (1960) and Mook (1962); to Crocodylidae by Estes (1964), Kuhn (1966), Estes and Berberian (1970), Estes (1976), Efimov (1982) and Willis (1993); and to Crocodylidae by Rio and Mannion (2021).
It was corrected as Crocodilinae by Kuhn (1946) and Persson (1960); it was misspelled as Crocodilinae by Mook (1962), Estes (1964), Kuhn (1966), Estes and Berberian (1970), Estes (1976), Efimov (1982) and Willis (1993); it was reranked as the unranked clade Crocodylinae by Rio and Mannion (2021).
It was assigned to Crocodilidae by Kuhn (1946), Persson (1960) and Mook (1962); to Crocodylidae by Estes (1964), Kuhn (1966), Estes and Berberian (1970), Estes (1976), Efimov (1982) and Willis (1993); and to Crocodylidae by Rio and Mannion (2021).
Subtaxa
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1807 | Crocodylinae Cuvier |
1928 | Leidyosuchinae Nopcsa p. 187 |
1946 | Crocodilinae Kuhn p. 65 |
1946 | Leidyosuchinae Kuhn p. 65 |
1960 | Crocodilinae Persson p. 470 |
1962 | Crocodilinae Mook p. 5 |
1962 | Leidyosuchinae Mook p. 5 |
1964 | Crocodylinae Estes p. 141 |
1966 | Crocodylinae Kuhn p. 88 |
1970 | Crocodylinae Estes and Berberian p. 6 |
1976 | Crocodylinae Estes p. 512 |
1982 | Crocodylinae Efimov |
1993 | Crocodylinae Willis p. 90 |
2007 | Leidyosuchidae Karl p. 60 |
2021 | Crocodylinae Rio and Mannion |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Unr. Crocodylinae Cuvier 1807
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G. Crocodylus Laurenti 1768 [crocodile]
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Subg. †Crocodilus (Ichthyosuchus) Cope 1872
†Crocodilus antiquus Leidy 1852
†Crocodilus biporcatus Cuvier 1807
†Crocodilus moreletii barnumbrowni Mook 1959
†Crocodilus ziphodon Marsh 1871
Subg. †Crocodylus (Leptorhynchus) Cautley and Falconer 1840
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†Crocodylus (Leptorhynchus) crassidens Cautley and Falconer 1840
†Crocodylus (Leptorhynchus) gangeticus Cautley and Falconer 1840
Crocodylus acutus Cuvier 1807 [American crocodile]
Crocodylus americanus Laurenti 1768 [American crocodile]
†Crocodylus anthropophagus Brochu et al. 2010
†Crocodylus aptus Leidy 1869
†Crocodylus chamensis Cope 1874
†Crocodylus checchiai Maccagno 1947
†Crocodylus elliotti Leidy 1871
†Crocodylus falconensis Scheyer et al. 2013
†Crocodylus gariepensis Pickford 2003
†Crocodylus gaudense Hulke 1871
†Crocodylus greenwoodi Suneja et al. 1977
†Crocodylus grypus Cope 1875
Crocodylus intermedius Graves 1819
Crocodylus johnstoni Krefft 1873 [Freshwater crocodile]
Crocodylus mindorensis Schmidt 1935
Crocodylus moreletii Dumeril and Bibron 1851 [Morelet's crocodile]
Crocodylus niloticus Laurenti 1768 [Nile crocodile]
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Invalid names: Crocodylus madagascariensis Grandidier 1872 [synonym]
Crocodylus novaeguineae Schmidt 1928
†Crocodylus palaeindicus Falconer 1859
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Invalid names: Crocodylus sivalensis Lydekker 1886 [synonym]
Crocodylus palustris Lesson 1831 [mugger crocodile]
†Crocodylus parvus Osborn et al. 1878
†Crocodylus polyodon Cope 1873
Crocodylus porosus Schneider 1801 [saltwater crocodile]
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Invalid names: Crocodylus nathani Longman 1924 [synonym]
Crocodylus raninus Ross 1990
Crocodylus rhombifer Cuvier 1807 [Cuban crocodile]
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Invalid names: Crocodylus antillensis Varona 1966 [synonym], Crocodylus pristinus Leidy 1868 [synonym]
Crocodylus siamensis Schneider 1801 [Siamese crocodile]
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Invalid names: Crocodylus ossifragus Dubois 1908 [synonym]
†Crocodylus solaris Marsh 1877
†Crocodylus stavelianus Cope 1885
†Crocodylus subulatus Cope 1872
Crocodylus suchus Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1807 [West African crocodile]
†Crocodylus sulciferus Cope 1872
†Crocodylus thorbjarnarsoni Brochu and Storrs 2012
†Crocodylus wheelerii Cope 1875
Invalid names: Crocodylus acer Cope 1882 [nomen dubium], Crocodylus affinis Marsh 1871 [nomen dubium], Crocodylus bambolii Ristori 1890 [nomen dubium], Crocodylus caralitanus Capellini 1890 [nomen oblitum], Crocodylus niloticus kaisensis Swinton 1926 [nomen dubium], Crocodylus ziphodon Marsh 1871 [nomen nudum], Limnosaurus Marsh 1872 [nomen nudum]
G. Mecistops Gray 1844
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Crocodylus cataphractus congicus Fuchs et al. 1971
Mecistops cataphractus Cuvier 1825
Mecistops leptorhynchus Bennett 1835
†Mecistops nkondoensis Pickford 1994
G. †Tadzhikosuchus Efimov 1982
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†Tadzhikosuchus macrodentis Efimov 1982
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Invalid names: Tadzhikosuchus kizylkumensis Nesov et al. 1989 [synonym], Tadzhikosuchus neutralis Efimov 1988 [synonym]
Invalid names: Leidyosuchinae Nopcsa 1928 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available