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Crocodilus ziphodon
Taxonomy
Crocodilus ziphodon was named by Marsh (1871). Its type specimen is YPM, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Grizzly Buttes, which is in a Bridgerian terrestrial horizon in the Bridger Formation of Wyoming. It is the type species of Limnosaurus.
It was recombined as Limnosaurus ziphodon by Marsh (1872) and Hay (1930); it was recombined as Crocodylus ziphodon by Hay (1902); it was considered a nomen nudum by Langston (1975).
It was recombined as Limnosaurus ziphodon by Marsh (1872) and Hay (1930); it was recombined as Crocodylus ziphodon by Hay (1902); it was considered a nomen nudum by Langston (1975).
Synonymy list
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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.
†Crocodilus ziphodon Marsh 1871
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available