Crocodylus

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Crocodylus acutus

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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Chordata Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Reptilia
Subclassis: Diapsida
Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha
Divisio: Archosauria
Subdivisio: Crurotarsi
Superordo: Crocodylomorpha
Ordo: Crocodilia
Subordo: Eusuchia
Familia: Crocodylidae
Subfamilia: Crocodylinae
Genus: Crocodylus
Species: C. acutus - C. cataphractus - C. intermedius - C. johnsoni - C. mindorensis - C. moreletii - C. niloticus - C. novaeguineae - C. palustris - C. porosus - C. rhombifer - C. siamensis - C. suchus - †C. anthropophagus - †C. thorbjarnarsoni - †C. palaeindicus

Name

• Crocodylus Laurenti, 1768
  • Type species: Crocodylus niloticus Laurenti, 1768

Synonyms

• Mecistops Gray, 1844 [valid?]

References

• Hekkala, E. et al. (early view, 2011): An ancient icon reveals new mysteries: mummy DNA resurrects a cryptic species within the Nile crocodile. Molecular ecology, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2011.05245.x
• Laurenti, J. N. 1768. Syn. Rept., 53.
• McAliley, L.R.; Willis, R.E.; Ray, D.A.; White, P.S.; Brochu, C.A.; Densmore, L.D., III 2006: Are crocodiles really monophyletic? — Evidence for subdivisions from sequence and morphological data. Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 39(1): 16-32. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2006.01.012
• Meredith, R.W.; Hekkala, E.R.; Amato, G.; Gatesy, J. (in press, 2011): A phylogenetic hypothesis for Crocodylus (Crocodylia) based on mitochondrial DNA: evidence for a trans-Atlantic voyage from Africa to the New World. Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2011.03.026

links

• ION
• Nomenclator Zoologicus
• Crocodylus at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 23 October 2009.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Krokodile
English: Crocodile
Español: Cocodrilo
日本語: クロコダイル属
Português: Crocodilo
Svenska: Crocodylus