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Crocodylinae

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Crocodylinae was named by Cuvier (1807). It is extant.

It was corrected as Crocodilinae by Kuhn (1946) and Persson (1960); it was misspelled as Crocodilinae by Mook (1962), Estes (1964), Kuhn (1966), Estes and Berberian (1970), Estes (1976), Efimov (1982) and Willis (1993); it was reranked as the unranked clade Crocodylinae by Rio and Mannion (2021).

It was assigned to Crocodilidae by Kuhn (1946), Persson (1960) and Mook (1962); to Crocodylidae by Estes (1964), Kuhn (1966), Estes and Berberian (1970), Estes (1976), Efimov (1982) and Willis (1993); and to Crocodylidae by Rio and Mannion (2021).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1807Crocodylinae Cuvier
1928Leidyosuchinae Nopcsa p. 187
1946Crocodilinae Kuhn p. 65
1946Leidyosuchinae Kuhn p. 65
1960Crocodilinae Persson p. 470
1962Crocodilinae Mook p. 5
1962Leidyosuchinae Mook p. 5
1964Crocodylinae Estes p. 141
1966Crocodylinae Kuhn p. 88
1970Crocodylinae Estes and Berberian p. 6
1976Crocodylinae Estes p. 512
1982Crocodylinae Efimov
1993Crocodylinae Willis p. 90
2007Leidyosuchidae Karl p. 60
2021Crocodylinae Rio and Mannion

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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)
—Crocodylinae(Cuvier 1807)

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.

Unr. Crocodylinae Cuvier 1807
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G. †Aigialosuchus Persson 1960
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G. Crocodylus Laurenti 1768 [crocodile]
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Subg. †Crocodilus (Ichthyosuchus) Cope 1872
†Crocodilus antiquus Leidy 1852
†Crocodilus biporcatus Cuvier 1807
†Crocodilus ziphodon Marsh 1871
Subg. †Crocodylus (Leptorhynchus) Cautley and Falconer 1840
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†Crocodylus (Leptorhynchus) crassidens Cautley and Falconer 1840
†Crocodylus (Leptorhynchus) gangeticus Cautley and Falconer 1840
Crocodylus acutus Cuvier 1807 [American crocodile]
Crocodylus americanus Laurenti 1768 [American crocodile]
†Crocodylus anthropophagus Brochu et al. 2010
†Crocodylus aptus Leidy 1869
†Crocodylus chamensis Cope 1874
†Crocodylus checchiai Maccagno 1947
†Crocodylus elliotti Leidy 1871
†Crocodylus falconensis Scheyer et al. 2013
†Crocodylus gariepensis Pickford 2003
†Crocodylus gaudense Hulke 1871
†Crocodylus grypus Cope 1875
Crocodylus halli Murray et al. 2019 [Halls New Guinea Crocodile]
†Crocodylus heterodon Cope 1873
Crocodylus johnstoni Krefft 1873 [Freshwater crocodile]
†Crocodylus megarhinus Andrews 1905
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Invalid names: Crocodilus articeps Andrews 1905 [synonym]
Crocodylus moreletii Dumeril and Bibron 1851 [Morelet's crocodile]
Crocodylus niloticus Laurenti 1768 [Nile crocodile]
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Invalid names: Crocodylus madagascariensis Grandidier 1872 [synonym]
†Crocodylus palaeindicus Falconer and Walker 1859
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Invalid names: Crocodylus sivalensis Lydekker 1886 [synonym]
Crocodylus palustris Lesson 1831 [mugger crocodile]
†Crocodylus parvus Osborn et al. 1878
†Crocodylus polyodon Cope 1873
Crocodylus porosus Schneider 1801 [saltwater crocodile]
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Invalid names: Crocodylus nathani Longman 1924 [synonym]
Crocodylus rhombifer Cuvier 1807 [Cuban crocodile]
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Invalid names: Crocodylus antillensis Varona 1966 [synonym], Crocodylus pristinus Leidy 1868 [synonym]
Crocodylus siamensis Schneider 1801 [Siamese crocodile]
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Invalid names: Crocodylus ossifragus Dubois 1908 [synonym]
†Crocodylus solaris Marsh 1877
†Crocodylus subulatus Cope 1872
Crocodylus suchus Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1807 [West African crocodile]
†Crocodylus sulciferus Cope 1872
†Crocodylus thorbjarnarsoni Brochu and Storrs 2012
†Crocodylus wheelerii Cope 1875
Invalid names: Crocodilus grinnelli herpichanus Troxell 1925 [synonym], Crocodylus acer Cope 1882 [nomen dubium], Crocodylus affinis Marsh 1871 [nomen dubium], Crocodylus bambolii Ristori 1890 [nomen dubium], Crocodylus caralitanus Capellini 1890 [nomen oblitum], Crocodylus niloticus kaisensis Swinton 1926 [nomen dubium], Crocodylus ziphodon Marsh 1871 [nomen nudum], Limnosaurus Marsh 1872 [nomen nudum]
G. †Dzungarisuchus Dong 1974
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G. Mecistops Gray 1844
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†Mecistops nkondoensis Pickford 1994
G. †Tadzhikosuchus Efimov 1982
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Invalid names: Tadzhikosuchus kizylkumensis Nesov et al. 1989 [synonym], Tadzhikosuchus neutralis Efimov 1988 [synonym]
Invalid names: Leidyosuchinae Nopcsa 1928 [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, Carroll 1988, Bush and Bambach 2015, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Middle Turonian to the top of the Holocene or 93.50000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 89.3 Ma

Collections (290 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Turonian - Late/Upper Turonian93.5 - 89.3Uzbekistan (Navoi) Tadzhikosuchus kizylkumensis (75943)
Early/Lower Santonian85.8 - 83.5Tajikistan (Sogd) Tadzhikosuchus macrodentis (58701)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1New Zealand (South Island) Crocodilus sp. (101382)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6Sweden Aigialosuchus villandensis (102883)
Selandian - Thanetian61.6 - 56.0Mali Crocodilus sp. (83984)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (Wyoming) Crocodilus aptus (198892)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Utah) Crocodilus acer (167729)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) Crocodilus sp. (180111) Crocodylus affinis (15665) Glyptosaurus sp. (131859)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6China (Jiangxi) Crocodylus sp. (182565)
Wasatchian - Bridgerian55.8 - 46.2USA (Wyoming) Crocodylus affinis (15669)
Bridgerian50.3 - 46.2USA (Wyoming) Crocodilus elliottii (16414) Crocodilus grinnelli (16282 167354) Crocodylus affinis (15837 16235 16264 16265 16266 16267 16268 16270 16272 16273 16274 70257) Crocodylus affinis, Brachyuranochampsa zangerli, Crocodilus ziphodon, Crocodilus liodon, Crocodilus brevicollis (16228) Crocodylus affinis, Crocodylus acer (27269)
MP 1148.6 - 40.4Germany (Hessen) Crocodilus ebertsi (22701)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Texas) Crocodylus sp. (209370 209371)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71USA (Wyoming) Crocodilus aptus (81455)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71India (Assam) Crocodylus sp. (97257)
Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (Utah) Crocodilus clavis (16656)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Louisiana) Crocodylus sp. (75638)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9China (Xinjiang) Dzungarisuchus manacensis (190038)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Egypt Crocodylus sp. (187873 187874)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Egypt (Fayum) Crocodilus articeps, Crocodilus megarhinus (65960) Crocodilus megarhinus (144514)