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Crocodilus antiquus
Taxonomy
Crocodilus antiquus was named by Leidy (1852). Its type specimen is ANSP 9188 and 9189, a partial skeleton (2 teeth, 2 vertebrae, a rib fragment, and an ungual phalanx), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Potomac River, Stratford Hall Plantation, which is in a Serravallian marine horizon in the Choptank Formation of Virginia.
It was recombined as Crocodylus antiquus by Leidy (1852), Hay (1902) and Hay (1930); it was recombined as Thecachampsa antiqua by Cope (1869), Myrick (2001), Jouve (2016) and Hastings and Dooley (2017); it was recombined as Thecachampsa antiquus by Weems (2018) and Rio and Mannion (2021).
It was recombined as Crocodylus antiquus by Leidy (1852), Hay (1902) and Hay (1930); it was recombined as Thecachampsa antiqua by Cope (1869), Myrick (2001), Jouve (2016) and Hastings and Dooley (2017); it was recombined as Thecachampsa antiquus by Weems (2018) and Rio and Mannion (2021).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1852 | Crocodylus antiquus Leidy |
1852 | Crocodilus antiquus Leidy p. 138 |
1867 | Thecachampsa contusor Cope p. 143 |
1869 | Thecachampsa antiqua Cope p. 12 |
1902 | Crocodylus antiquus Hay p. 512 |
1930 | Crocodylus antiquus Hay p. 153 |
1930 | Crocodylus contusor Hay p. 153 |
2001 | Thecachampsa antiqua Myrick p. 223 |
2016 | Thecachampsa antiqua Jouve |
2017 | Thecachampsa antiqua Hastings and Dooley p. 83 |
2018 | Thecachampsa antiquus Weems p. 218 |
2021 | Thecachampsa antiquus Rio and Mannion |
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†Crocodilus antiquus Leidy 1852
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available