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Crocodylidae (crocodile)

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Crocodylidae was named by Cuvier (1807). It is extant.

It was corrected as Crocodilidae by d'Orbigny (1849), Cope (1871), Cope (1875), Zittel (1890), Lambe (1908), Perrier (1928), Kuhn (1946), Huene (1954), Persson (1960) and Mook (1962); it was misspelled as Crocodilidae by Bonaparte (1850), Hay (1902), Case (1904), Case (1904), Andrews (1906), Jaekel (1911), Hay (1930), Schmidt (1938), Estes (1964), Kuhn (1966), Estes and Berberian (1970), Holman and Case (1988), Carroll (1988), Willis (1993), Frank and Ramus (1996), Peng et al. (2001), Lang and Guilette (2002), Molnar et al. (2002), Pearson et al. (2002), Brochu (2007), Osi et al. (2007), Laurito and Valerio (2008), Brochu et al. (2009), Riff et al. (2010), Puértolas et al. (2011) and Shirley et al. (2018); it was reranked as the unranked clade Crocodylidae by Rio and Mannion (2021).

It was assigned to Sauria by d'Orbigny (1849); to Emydosaurii by Bonaparte (1850); to Procoelia by Cope (1871) and Cope (1875); to Brevirostres by Zittel (1890); to Crocodili by Jaekel (1911); to Eusuchia by Perrier (1928); to Crocodyliformes by Hay (1930); to Crocodilia by Persson (1960); to Eusuchia by Molnar et al. (2002); to Crocodylia by Frank and Ramus (1996), Peng et al. (2001), Lang and Guilette (2002) and Pearson et al. (2002); to Eusuchia by Hay (1902), Case (1904), Case (1904), Andrews (1906), Lambe (1908), Schmidt (1938), Kuhn (1946), Huene (1954), Mook (1962), Estes (1964), Kuhn (1966), Estes and Berberian (1970), Holman and Case (1988), Carroll (1988), Willis (1993) and Laurito and Valerio (2008); to Crocodyloidea by Brochu et al. (2009); to Crocodiliformes by Riff et al. (2010); to Crocodylia by Brochu (2007), Osi et al. (2007) and Shirley et al. (2018); and to Crocodyloidea by Puértolas et al. (2011) and Rio and Mannion (2021).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1807Crocodylidae Cuvier
1849Crocodilidae d'Orbigny p. 205
1850Crocodilidae Bonaparte p. 1
1871Crocodilidae Cope p. 235
1875Crocodilidae Cope p. 14
1890Leptorramphus Ambrosetti
1890Oxysdonsaurus Ambrosetti
1890Oxysdonsaurus striatus Ambrosetti
1890Crocodilidae Zittel p. 681
1902Crocodylidae Hay p. 511
1904Crocodilidae Case p. 64
1906Crocodilidae Andrews p. 261
1908Crocodilidae Lambe
1911Crocodilidae Jaekel p. 164
1925Allognathosuchidae Case p. 97
1928Crocodilidae Perrier pp. 3089, 3110
1930Crocodylidae Hay p. 150
1936Leptorramphus Patterson
1938Crocodylidae Schmidt p. 318
1946Crocodilidae Kuhn p. 64
1954Crocodilidae Huene p. 55
1960Crocodilidae Persson p. 470
1962Crocodilidae Mook p. 5
1964Crocodylidae Estes p. 141
1966Crocodylidae Kuhn p. 87
1970Crocodylidae Estes and Berberian p. 6
1988Crocodylidae Carroll
1988Crocodylidae Holman and Case p. 331
1993Crocodylidae Willis p. 90
1996Crocodylidae Frank and Ramus
2001Crocodylidae Peng et al. p. 32
2002Crocodylidae Lang and Guilette p. 213
2002Crocodylidae Molnar et al. p. 613
2002Crocodylidae Pearson et al. p. 154
2007Crocodylidae Brochu p. 840
2007Crocodylidae Osi et al.
2008Crocodylidae Laurito and Valerio p. 109
2009Crocodylidae Brochu et al. p. 538
2010Crocodylidae Riff et al.
2011Crocodylidae Puértolas et al.
2018Crocodylidae Shirley et al.
2021Crocodylidae Rio and Mannion

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
RankNameAuthor
Diapsida()
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)
Crocodylidae(Cuvier 1807)

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. Crocodylidae Cuvier 1807 [crocodile]
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G. †Aldabrachampsus Brochu 2006
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Aldabrachampsus dilophus Brochu 2006
G. †Charactosuchus Langston 1965
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Charactosuchus fieldsi Langston 1965
Charactosuchus kugleri von Berg 1969
Charactosuchus sansoai Souza Filho 1991
Unr. Crocodylinae Cuvier 1807
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G. †Aigialosuchus Persson 1960
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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 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 johnstoni Krefft 1873 [Freshwater crocodile]
Crocodylus megarhinus Andrews 1905
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Invalid names: Crocodilus articeps Andrews 1905 [synonym]
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 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 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 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. †Dzungarisuchus Dong 1974
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G. Mecistops Gray 1844
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Mecistops nkondoensis Pickford 1994
G. †Tadzhikosuchus 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]
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Unr. †Euthecodontini Cossette et al. 2020
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G. †Brochuchus Conrad et al. 2013
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Brochuchus parvidens Cossette et al. 2020
Brochuchus pigotti Tchernov and Van Couvering 1978
G. †Euthecodon Fortau 1920
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Euthecodon arambourgii Ginsburg and Buffetaut 1978
Euthecodon brumpti Joleaud 1920
Euthecodon nitriae Fortau 1920
G. †Kinyang Brochu et al. 2022
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Kinyang mabokoensis Brochu et al. 2022
Kinyang tchernovi Brochu et al. 2022
Unr. Osteolaemini Cossette et al. 2020
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G. Osteolaemus Cope 1860
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Osteolaemus osborni Schmidt 1919 [Congo dwarf crocodile]
G. †Rimasuchus Storrs 2003
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Rimasuchus lloydi Fourtau 1918
G. †Voay Brochu 2007
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Voay robustus Grandidier and Vaillant 1872
G. †Tzaganosuchus Efimov 1983
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Tzaganosuchus infansis Efimov 1983
G. †Zhyrasuchus Nesov et al.
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Zhyrasuchus angustifrons Nesov et al. 1989
Invalid names: Allognathosuchidae Case 1925 [synonym], Euthecodontinae Ginsburg and Buffetaut 1978 [empty], Leptorramphus Ambrosetti 1890 [nomen dubium], Oxysdonsaurus Ambrosetti 1890 [nomen dubium], Oxysdonsaurus striatus Ambrosetti 1890 [nomen dubium], Thoracosaurinae Cope 1871 [empty]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
E. C. Case 1925 (Allognathosuchidae)This family would be defined by the shape of the jaw and the grouping of the teeth, described under the genus, and the presence of low, blunt teeth adapted to a durophagous diet.
E. Perrier 1928Museau arrondi au bout, sans protubérance nasale; armure dorsale comportant plus de deux séries de plaques; armure ventrale réduite ou absente; vertèbres procèles; narines internes sur les ptérygoïdes.