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Crocodylus porosus (saltwater crocodile)

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Crocodylus porosus was named by Schneider (1801). It is extant.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. bugtiensis, C. gaudensis

Synonyms
  • Crocodylus nathani was named by Longman (1924). Its type specimen is QM F1513 (lectotype), a mandible (Anterior part of left dentary), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Tara Creek, which is in a Pliocene terrestrial horizon in Australia.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Crocodylus porosus by Molnar (1982).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1801Crocodylus porosus Schneider
1924Crocodylus nathani Longman
2002Crocodylus porosus Lang and Guilette p. 213
2011Crocodylus porosus Puértolas et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
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
speciesporosusSchneider 1801

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 porosus Schneider 1801 [saltwater crocodile]
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Invalid names: Crocodylus nathani Longman 1924 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: carnivoreuc
Created: 2009-01-03 20:38:59
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:38:59
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Hendy et al. 2009, Benton 1983, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Zanclean to the top of the Holocene or 5.33300 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Australia (Queensland) Crocodylus porosus (51266)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Australia (Queensland) Crocodylus nathani (138404)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Papua New Guinea (Morobe) Crocodylus porosus (36266)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) Crocodylus porosus (144586)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) Crocodylus porosus (210195 210197 210199)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Australia (Queensland) Crocodylus porosus (21688)