Mecistops Gray 1844 (crocodile)
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Reptilia - Crocodylia - Crocodylidae
Parent taxon: Crocodylinae according to J. P. Rio and P. D. Mannion 2021
See also Hekkala et al. 2021, Jouve et al. 2008 and Shirley et al. 2018
Sister taxa: Aigialosuchus, Crocodylus, Dzungarisuchus, Tadzhikosuchus
Subtaxa: Mecistops cataphractus Mecistops leptorhynchus Mecistops nkondoensis
Ecology: carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Kenya (1 collection)
• Pliocene of the Congo-Kinshasa (1), Kenya (1), Uganda (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Uganda (5)
• Miocene of Kenya (1)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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