Mecistops leptorhynchus Bennett 1835 (crocodile)

Reptilia - Crocodylia - Crocodylidae

Belongs to Mecistops according to M. H. Shirley et al. 2018

Sister taxa: Mecistops cataphractus, Mecistops nkondoensis

Type specimen: NHMUK 1947.3.6.45, an other (a mounted skin with skull of a juvenile)

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Mecistops leptorhynchus in the database

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