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Crocodylus palustris (mugger crocodile)
Taxonomy
Crocodilus palustris was named by Lesson (1831) [original spelling definitely Crocodilus]. It is extant.
It was recombined as Crocodylus palustris by Tchernov and Van Couvering (1978) and Lang and Guilette (2002).
It was recombined as Crocodylus palustris by Tchernov and Van Couvering (1978) and Lang and Guilette (2002).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1831 | Crocodilus palustris Lesson p. 305 |
1934 | Crocodilus palustris Swinton p. 25 |
1978 | Crocodylus palustris Tchernov and Van Couvering p. 860 |
2002 | Crocodylus palustris Lang and Guilette p. 213 |
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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.
Crocodylus palustris Lesson 1831 [mugger crocodile]
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Benton 1983, Bush and Bambach 2015 |
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 3.60000 to 0.01170 Ma
Collections (6 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Miocene - Pliocene | Nepal | Crocodylus palustris (222975) | |
Pliocene | Pakistan | Crocodylus palustris (92070) | |
Late/Upper Pliocene | India | Crocodylus palustris (224306 224308) | |
Piacenzian | India | Crocodylus palustris (176226) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | India (Andhra Pradesh) | Crocodylus palustris (143754) |