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Mecistops cataphractus
Taxonomy
Crocodylus cataphractus was named by Cuvier (1825). It is extant.
It was recombined as Mecistops cataphractus by Jouve et al. (2008) and Shirley et al. (2018).
It was recombined as Mecistops cataphractus by Jouve et al. (2008) and Shirley et al. (2018).
Subspecies
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1825 | Crocodylus cataphractus Cuvier |
| 2002 | Crocodylus cataphractus Lang and Guilette p. 213 |
| 2003 | Crocodylus cataphractus Storrs |
| 2008 | Mecistops cataphractus Jouve et al. |
| 2011 | Crocodylus cataphractus Puértolas et al. |
| 2018 | Mecistops cataphractus Shirley et al. |
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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.
Mecistops cataphractus Cuvier 1825
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Crocodylus cataphractus congicus Fuchs et al. 1971
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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: Carroll 1988, Benton 1983, Bush and Bambach 2015, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Tortonian to the top of the Early/Lower Pliocene or 11.62000 to 3.60000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 5.333 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 5.333 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Tortonian - Messinian | Kenya | Crocodylus cataphractus (22241) | |
| Early/Lower Pliocene | Congo-Kinshasa (Orientale) | Mecistops cataphractus (149168) |