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Crocodylus palaeindicus

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Crocodylus palaeindicus was named by Falconer and Walker (1859). Its type specimen is GSI E-31, a skull (nearly complete skull), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Perim Island, which is in a Tortonian terrestrial horizon in the Piram Conglomerate Formation of India.

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

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1859Crocodylus palaeindicus Falconer
1859Crocodylus palaeindicus Falconer and Walker
1886Crocodilus sivalensis Lydekker
1978Crocodylus sivalensis Tchernov and Van Couvering p. 860
2000Crocodylus palaeindicus Brochu
2021Crocodylus palaeindicus Rio and Mannion
2024Crocodylus palaeindicus Chabrol 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
speciespalaeindicusFalconer and Walker 1859

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 palaeindicus Falconer and Walker 1859
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Invalid names: Crocodylus sivalensis Lydekker 1886 [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: Benton 1983, Bush and Bambach 2015, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Tortonian to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 11.62000 to 0.78100 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246India (Gujarat) Crocodylus palaeindicus (type locality: 203112)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.781Myanmar (Magway Division) Crocodylus palaeindicus (75078 219022)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781India (Panjab) Crocodylus sivalensis (144124)