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Crocodylus thorbjarnarsoni

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Crocodylus thorbjarnarsoni was named by Brochu and Storrs (2012). Its type specimen is KNM-ER 1683, a skull (Skull and lower jaw), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is East Turkana - Area 105 - KBS, which is in a Gelasian/Calabrian fluvial siliciclastic/siltstone in the Koobi Fora Formation of Kenya.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. bugtiensis, C. gaudensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2012Crocodylus thorbjarnarsoni Brochu and Storrs

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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)
genusCrocodylusLaurenti 1768
speciesthorbjarnarsoni

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 thorbjarnarsoni Brochu and Storrs 2012
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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: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Benton 1983, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: base of the Zanclean to the top of the Gelasian or 5.33300 to 1.80600 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Kenya (Turkana District) Crocodylus sp. (21336)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Kenya Crocodylus sp. (22234)
Zanclean - Piacenzian5.333 - 2.588Kenya Rimasuchus lloydi (22235 22239)
Piacenzian - Calabrian3.6 - 0.774Kenya Crocodylus sp. (21490)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Kenya (Rift Valley) Crocodylus thorbjarnarsoni (21282)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.588 - 0.774Kenya Crocodylus thorbjarnarsoni (type locality: 21396)