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Crocodylus (Leptorhynchus) crassidens

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Crocodylus (Leptorhynchus) crassidens was named by Cautley and Falconer (1840). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Siwalik Hills, which is in a Pliocene fluvial horizon in the Pinjor Formation of Pakistan.

It was recombined as Leptorhynchus crassidens by Falconer and Cautley (1840); it was recombined as Rhamphosuchus crassidens by Lydekker (1886), Perrier (1928), Mook (1932), Swinton (1934).

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1840Crocodylus (Leptorhynchus) crassidens Cautley and Falconer p. 503
1840Leptorhynchus crassidens Falconer and Cautley
1886Rhamphosuchus crassidens Lydekker
1928Rhamphosuchus crassidens Perrier p. 3089
1932Rhamphosuchus crassidens Mook p. 4
1934Rhamphosuchus crassidens Swinton p. 24

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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()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
RankNameAuthor
—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
subgenusLeptorhynchus
speciescrassidens

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 (Leptorhynchus) crassidens Cautley and Falconer 1840
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Benton 1983, Bush and Bambach 2015
Collections
No collection or age range data are available