Reptilia - Crocodylia - Crocodylidae

Synonyms: Brachyuranochampsa zangerli Mook 1962, Crocodilus brevicollis Marsh 1871, Crocodilus clavis Cope 1871, Crocodilus grinnelli Marsh 1871, Crocodilus grinnelli herpichanus Troxell 1925, Crocodilus liodon Marsh 1871, Crocodylus brevicollis Marsh 1871, Crocodylus clavis Cope 1871, Crocodylus grinnelli Marsh 1871, Crocodylus grinnellii Marsh 1871, Crocodylus liodon Marsh 1871

Belongs to Crocodylus according to J.-P. Zonneveld et al. 2000

See also Brochu 2000, Cope 1872, Cope 1875, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Jouve et al. 2008, Marsh 1871, Mook 1921, Mook 1933, Mook 1962, Norell and Storrs 1989 and Puértolas et al. 2011

Sister taxa: Crocodilus (Ichthyosuchus), Crocodilus antiquus, Crocodilus biporcatus, Crocodilus ebertsi, Crocodilus gaudensis, Crocodilus ziphodon, Crocodylus (Leptorhynchus), Crocodylus acer, Crocodylus acutus, 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 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 sulciferus, Crocodylus thorbjarnarsoni, Crocodylus wheelerii, Crocodylus ziphodon, Limnosaurus

Type specimens:

• Crocodylus affinis: YPM 1345, a skull (Skull and mandible). Its type locality is Grizzly Buttes, which is in a Bridgerian terrestrial horizon in the Bridger Formation of Wyoming.
• Brachyuranochampsa zangerli: AMNH 6048, a partial skull (skull without lower jaws with a few parts missing). Its type locality is Grizzly Buttes, which is in a Bridgerian terrestrial horizon in the Bridger Formation of Wyoming.
• Crocodilus brevicollis: YPM 1349, a set of vertebrae (Three cervical vertebrae). Its type locality is Grizzly Buttes, which is in a Bridgerian terrestrial horizon in the Bridger Formation of Wyoming.
• Crocodilus clavis:
• Crocodilus grinnelli: YPM 1344, a partial skeleton (A fragmentary skeleton and skull). Its type locality is Marsh's Fork (Upper Bridger), which is in a Bridgerian terrestrial horizon in the Bridger Formation of Wyoming.
• Crocodilus grinnelli herpichanus: YPM 300, a skeleton (Skull and skeleton).
• Crocodilus liodon: YPM 1350(b), a partial skeleton (A very fragmentary skeleton including several vertebrae, the left quadrate, rostral fragments, and articulars and surangulars). Its type locality is Grizzly Buttes, which is in a Bridgerian terrestrial horizon in the Bridger Formation of Wyoming.

Ecology: carnivore

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