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Crocodylus acer

Osteichthyes

Taxonomy
Crocodylus acer was named by Cope (1882). Its type specimen is AMNH 1240, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was considered a nomen dubium by Jouve et al. (2008), Puértolas et al. (2011).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by J. Alroy on 2007-03-20; modified by P. Mannion on 2015-03-12

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1882Crocodilus acer Cope
1882Crocodylus acer Cope
1902Crocodylus acer Hay p. 512
1921Crocodylus acer Mook p. 117
1930Crocodylus acer Hay p. 153

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
RankNameAuthor
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
Pseudosuchia(Zittel 1890)
SuchiaKrebs 1974
Paracrocodylomorpha
Loricata(Merrem 1820)
Crocodylomorpha()
Solidocrania
suborderCrocodyliformes
MesoeucrocodyliaWhetstone and Whybrow 1983
NeosuchiaClark 1988
suborderEusuchiaHuxley 1875
Crocodylia(Owen 1842)
LongirostresCuvier
Crocodyloidea(Deraniyagala 1939)
Crocodylidae(Cuvier 1807)
Crocodylinae(Cuvier 1807)
genusCrocodylusLaurenti 1768
speciesacerCope 1882

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Crocodylus acer Cope 1882
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available