Reptilia - Crocodylia - Crocodylidae
Alternative combination: Crocodilus acer
Belongs to Crocodylus according to O. P. Hay 1930
See also Hay 1902, Jouve et al. 2008, Mook 1921 and Puértolas et al. 2011
Sister taxa: Crocodilus (Ichthyosuchus), Crocodilus antiquus, Crocodilus biporcatus, Crocodilus ebertsi, Crocodilus gaudensis, Crocodilus ziphodon, Crocodylus (Leptorhynchus), 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 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 specimen: AMNH 1240, a skull
Ecology: carnivore
Distribution: found only at Crocodilus acer type (Eocene of Utah)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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