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Crocodilus ziphodon
Taxonomy
Crocodilus ziphodon was named by Marsh (1871). Its type specimen is YPM, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Grizzly Buttes, which is in a Bridgerian terrestrial horizon in the Bridger Formation of Wyoming. It is the type species of Limnosaurus.
It was recombined as Limnosaurus ziphodon by Marsh (1872), Hay (1930); it was recombined as Crocodylus ziphodon by Hay (1902); it was considered a nomen nudum by Langston (1975).
It was recombined as Limnosaurus ziphodon by Marsh (1872), Hay (1930); it was recombined as Crocodylus ziphodon by Hay (1902); it was considered a nomen nudum by Langston (1975).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
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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.
†Crocodilus ziphodon Marsh 1871
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Benton 1983, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988, Bush and Bambach 2015 | |||||
Age range: base of the Wasatchian to the top of the Bridgerian or 56.00000 to 45.90000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Wasatchian | USA (Wyoming) | Glyptosaurus sp. (131859) | |
| Bridgerian | USA (Wyoming) | Crocodilus ziphodon (type locality: 16228) |