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Crocodylinae

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Crocodylinae was named by Cuvier (1807). It is extant.

It was corrected as Crocodilinae by Kuhn (1946) and Persson (1960); it was misspelled as Crocodilinae by Mook (1962), Estes (1964), Kuhn (1966), Estes and Berberian (1970), Estes (1976), Efimov (1982) and Willis (1993); it was reranked as the unranked clade Crocodylinae by Rio and Mannion (2021).

It was assigned to Crocodilidae by Kuhn (1946), Persson (1960) and Mook (1962); to Crocodylidae by Estes (1964), Kuhn (1966), Estes and Berberian (1970), Estes (1976), Efimov (1982) and Willis (1993); and to Crocodylidae by Rio and Mannion (2021).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1807Crocodylinae Cuvier
1928Leidyosuchinae Nopcsa p. 187
1946Crocodilinae Kuhn p. 65
1946Leidyosuchinae Kuhn p. 65
1960Crocodilinae Persson p. 470
1962Crocodilinae Mook p. 5
1962Leidyosuchinae Mook p. 5
1964Crocodylinae Estes p. 141
1966Crocodylinae Kuhn p. 88
1970Crocodylinae Estes and Berberian p. 6
1976Crocodylinae Estes p. 512
1982Crocodylinae Efimov
1993Crocodylinae Willis p. 90
2007Leidyosuchidae Karl p. 60
2021Crocodylinae Rio and Mannion

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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
RankNameAuthor
Diapsida()
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)
Crocodylinae(Cuvier 1807)

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.

Unr. Crocodylinae Cuvier 1807
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G. †Aigialosuchus Persson 1960
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G. Crocodylus Laurenti 1768 [crocodile]
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Subg. †Crocodilus (Ichthyosuchus) Cope 1872
Crocodilus antiquus Leidy 1852
Crocodilus biporcatus Cuvier 1807
Crocodilus ziphodon Marsh 1871
Subg. †Crocodylus (Leptorhynchus) Cautley and Falconer 1840
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Crocodylus (Leptorhynchus) crassidens Cautley and Falconer 1840
Crocodylus (Leptorhynchus) gangeticus Cautley and Falconer 1840
Crocodylus acutus Cuvier 1807 [American crocodile]
Crocodylus americanus Laurenti 1768 [American crocodile]
Crocodylus anthropophagus Brochu et al. 2010
Crocodylus aptus Leidy 1869
Crocodylus chamensis Cope 1874
Crocodylus checchiai Maccagno 1947
Crocodylus elliotti Leidy 1871
Crocodylus falconensis Scheyer et al. 2013
Crocodylus gariepensis Pickford 2003
Crocodylus gaudense Hulke 1871
Crocodylus greenwoodi Suneja et al. 1977
Crocodylus grypus Cope 1875
Crocodylus johnstoni Krefft 1873 [Freshwater crocodile]
Crocodylus megarhinus Andrews 1905
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Invalid names: Crocodilus articeps Andrews 1905 [synonym]
Crocodylus moreletii Dumeril and Bibron 1851 [Morelet's crocodile]
Crocodylus niloticus Laurenti 1768 [Nile crocodile]
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Invalid names: Crocodylus madagascariensis Grandidier 1872 [synonym]
Crocodylus palaeindicus Falconer 1859
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Invalid names: Crocodylus sivalensis Lydekker 1886 [synonym]
Crocodylus palustris Lesson 1831 [mugger crocodile]
Crocodylus parvus Osborn et al. 1878
Crocodylus polyodon Cope 1873
Crocodylus porosus Schneider 1801 [saltwater crocodile]
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Invalid names: Crocodylus nathani Longman 1924 [synonym]
Crocodylus rhombifer Cuvier 1807 [Cuban crocodile]
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Invalid names: Crocodylus antillensis Varona 1966 [synonym], Crocodylus pristinus Leidy 1868 [synonym]
Crocodylus siamensis Schneider 1801 [Siamese crocodile]
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Invalid names: Crocodylus ossifragus Dubois 1908 [synonym]
Crocodylus solaris Marsh 1877
Crocodylus subulatus Cope 1872
Crocodylus suchus Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1807 [West African crocodile]
Crocodylus sulciferus Cope 1872
Crocodylus thorbjarnarsoni Brochu and Storrs 2012
Crocodylus wheelerii Cope 1875
Invalid names: Crocodylus acer Cope 1882 [nomen dubium], Crocodylus affinis Marsh 1871 [nomen dubium], Crocodylus bambolii Ristori 1890 [nomen dubium], Crocodylus caralitanus Capellini 1890 [nomen oblitum], Crocodylus niloticus kaisensis Swinton 1926 [nomen dubium], Crocodylus ziphodon Marsh 1871 [nomen nudum], Limnosaurus Marsh 1872 [nomen nudum]
G. †Dzungarisuchus Dong 1974
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G. Mecistops Gray 1844
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Mecistops nkondoensis Pickford 1994
G. †Tadzhikosuchus Efimov 1982
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Invalid names: Tadzhikosuchus kizylkumensis Nesov et al. 1989 [synonym], Tadzhikosuchus neutralis Efimov 1988 [synonym]
Invalid names: Leidyosuchinae Nopcsa 1928 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available