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Crocodylus palustris (mugger crocodile)

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Crocodilus palustris was named by Lesson (1831) [original spelling definitely Crocodilus]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Crocodylus palustris by Tchernov and Van Couvering (1978) and Lang and Guilette (2002).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. bugtiensis, C. gaudensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1831Crocodilus palustris Lesson p. 305
1934Crocodilus palustris Swinton p. 25
1978Crocodylus palustris Tchernov and Van Couvering p. 860
2002Crocodylus palustris Lang and Guilette p. 213

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
RankNameAuthor
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
—Pseudosuchia(Zittel 1890)
—SuchiaKrebs 1974
—Paracrocodylomorpha
—Loricata(Merrem 1820)
—Crocodylomorpha()
—Solidocrania
suborderCrocodyliformes
—MesoeucrocodyliaWhetstone and Whybrow 1983
—NeosuchiaClark 1988
suborderEusuchiaHuxley 1875
—Crocodylia(Owen 1842)
—LongirostresCuvier
—Crocodyloidea(Deraniyagala 1939)
—Crocodylidae(Cuvier 1807)
—Crocodylinae(Cuvier 1807)
genusCrocodylusLaurenti 1768
speciespalustris(Lesson 1831)

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.

Crocodylus palustris Lesson 1831 [mugger crocodile]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available