Crocodylus heterodon Cope 1873 (crocodile)

Reptilia - Crocodylia - Crocodylidae

Alternative combination: Alligator heterodon

Belongs to Crocodylus according to O. P. Hay 1902

See also Case 1925, Cope 1875, Hay 1930, Mook 1921 and Simpson 1930

Sister taxa: Crocodilus (Ichthyosuchus), Crocodilus antiquus, Crocodilus biporcatus, Crocodilus ebertsi, Crocodilus gaudensis, 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 grypus, Crocodylus halli, Crocodylus intermedius, Crocodylus johnstoni, Crocodylus megarhinus, Crocodylus mindorensis, Crocodylus moreletii, Crocodylus niloticus, Crocodylus niloticus kaisensis, Crocodylus novaeguineae, Crocodylus palaeindicus, 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 specimen: U.S. Nat Mus. No. 4115.

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Crocodylus heterodon in the database

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