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Crocodylus (Leptorhynchus) crassidens

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Taxonomy
Crocodylus (Leptorhynchus) crassidens was named by Cautley and Falconer (1840). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Siwalik Hills, which is in a Pliocene fluvial horizon in the Pinjor Formation of Pakistan.

It was recombined as Leptorhynchus crassidens by Falconer and Cautley (1840); it was recombined as Rhamphosuchus crassidens by Lydekker (1886), Perrier (1928), Mook (1932) and Swinton (1934).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1840Crocodylus (Leptorhynchus) crassidens Cautley and Falconer p. 503
1840Leptorhynchus crassidens Falconer and Cautley
1886Rhamphosuchus crassidens Lydekker
1928Rhamphosuchus crassidens Perrier p. 3089
1932Rhamphosuchus crassidens Mook p. 4
1934Rhamphosuchus crassidens Swinton p. 24

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
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
subgenusLeptorhynchus
speciescrassidens

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 (Leptorhynchus) crassidens Cautley and Falconer 1840
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available