Crocodylus halli

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Eusuchia

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha Cladus: Crurotarsi Divisio: Archosauria Subsectio: Pseudosuchia Cladus: Suchia Cladus: Paracrocodylomorpha Cladus: Loricata Superordo: Crocodylomorpha Ordo: Crocodilia Cladus: Mesoeucrocodylia Cladus: Neosuchia Subordo: Eusuchia

Familia: Crocodylidae
Subfamilia: Crocodylinae
Genus: Crocodylus
Species: Crocodylus halli

Name

Crocodylus halli Murray, Russo, Zorilla & McMahan, 2019: 521

• Holotype: USNM 211290, skull with mandibles, sex unknown, collected by Charles A. Ross on 27 November 1977.
• Type locality: “Papua New Guinea, Western Province, Balimo, Aramia River Lagoon, –8.00589 S, 142.938 E”.

References

Primary references

• Murray, C.M., Russo, P., Zorilla, A. & McMahan, C.D. 2019. Divergent Morphology among Populations of the New Guinea Crocodile, Crocodylus novaeguineae (Schmidt, 1928): Diagnosis of an Independent Lineage and Description of a New Species. Copeia 107(3): 517–523. DOI: 10.1643/CG-19-240 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Crocodylus halli. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 21 April 2023.

Vernacular names

English: Hall’s New Guinea Crocodile