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Crocodylus anthropophagus
Taxonomy
Crocodylus anthropophagus was named by Brochu et al. (2010). Its type specimen is NNHM-OLD-1001, a partial skeleton (Partial skull and skeleton), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Olduvai Middle Bed I, which is in a Gelasian/Calabrian fluvial horizon in the Olduvai Formation of Tanzania.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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2010 | Crocodylus anthropophagus Brochu et al. |
2021 | Crocodylus anthropophagus Azzarà et al. |
2021 | Crocodylus anthropophagus 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.
†Crocodylus anthropophagus Brochu et al. 2010
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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, Hendy et al. 2009, Bush and Bambach 2015, Benton 1983 |
Age range: Gelasian or 2.58800 to 1.80600 Ma
Collections (6 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Gelasian | Tanzania | Crocodylus anthropophagus (22593 220617) | |
Gelasian - Calabrian | Tanzania | Crocodylus anthropophagus (144173 144174 type locality: 144175) Crocodylus sp. (21974) |