Crocodylus sulciferus Cope 1872 (crocodile)

Reptilia - Crocodylia - Crocodylidae

Alternative combination: Crocodilus sulciferus

Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1872. Descriptions of new extinct reptiles from the upper Green River Eocene basin, Wyoming. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society (separate) 1

Belongs to Crocodylus according to O. P. Hay 1930

See also Cope 1872 and Hay 1902

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 palaeindicus, Crocodylus palustris, Crocodylus parvus, Crocodylus polyodon, Crocodylus porosus, Crocodylus raninus, Crocodylus rhombifer, Crocodylus siamensis, Crocodylus solaris, Crocodylus stavelianus, Crocodylus subulatus, Crocodylus suchus, Crocodylus thorbjarnarsoni, Crocodylus wheelerii, Crocodylus ziphodon, Limnosaurus

Ecology: carnivore

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

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