Crocodylus palaeindicus Falconer and Walker 1859 (crocodile)

Reptilia - Crocodylia - Crocodylidae

Synonyms: Crocodilus sivalensis Lydekker 1886, Crocodylus sivalensis Lydekker 1886

Belongs to Crocodylus according to N. Chabrol et al. 2024

See also Brochu 2000, Brochu and Storrs 2012, Rio and Mannion 2021 and Tchernov and Van Couvering 1978

Sister taxa: Crocodilus (Ichthyosuchus), Crocodilus antiquus, Crocodilus biporcatus, Crocodilus ziphodon, Crocodylus (Leptorhynchus), Crocodylus acer, Crocodylus acutus, Crocodylus affinis, Crocodylus americanus, Crocodylus anthropophagus, Crocodylus aptus, Crocodylus bambolii, Crocodylus caralitanus, Crocodylus chamensis, Crocodylus checchiai, Crocodylus elliotti, Crocodylus falconensis, Crocodylus gariepensis, Crocodylus gaudense, Crocodylus grypus, Crocodylus halli, Crocodylus heterodon, Crocodylus intermedius, Crocodylus johnstoni, Crocodylus megarhinus, Crocodylus mindorensis, Crocodylus moreletii, Crocodylus niloticus, Crocodylus niloticus kaisensis, Crocodylus novaeguineae, Crocodylus palustris, Crocodylus parvus, Crocodylus polyodon, Crocodylus porosus, Crocodylus raninus, Crocodylus rhombifer, Crocodylus siamensis, Crocodylus solaris, Crocodylus stavelianus, Crocodylus subulatus, Crocodylus suchus, Crocodylus sulciferus, Crocodylus thorbjarnarsoni, Crocodylus wheelerii, Crocodylus ziphodon, Limnosaurus

Type specimens:

  • Crocodylus palaeindicus: GSI E-31, a skull (nearly complete skull). Its type locality is Perim Island, which is in a Tortonian terrestrial horizon in the Piram Conglomerate Formation of India.
  • Crocodylus sivalensis:

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of India (1 collection)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Myanmar (2)

• Miocene of India (1)

Total: 4 collections including 5 occurrences

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