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Mecistops
Taxonomy
Mecistops was named by Gray (1844). It is extant.
It was assigned to Crocodylinae by Jouve et al. (2008); to Crocodylidae by Shirley et al. (2018); to Osteolaeminae by Hekkala et al. (2021); and to Crocodylinae by Rio and Mannion (2021).
It was assigned to Crocodylinae by Jouve et al. (2008); to Crocodylidae by Shirley et al. (2018); to Osteolaeminae by Hekkala et al. (2021); and to Crocodylinae by Rio and Mannion (2021).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1844 | Mecistops Gray |
| 2008 | Mecistops Jouve et al. |
| 2018 | Mecistops Shirley et al. |
| 2021 | Mecistops Hekkala et al. |
| 2021 | Mecistops Rio and Mannion |
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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.
G. Mecistops Gray 1844
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Crocodylus cataphractus congicus Fuchs et al. 1971
Mecistops cataphractus Cuvier 1825
Mecistops leptorhynchus Bennett 1835
†Mecistops nkondoensis Pickford 1994
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available