Crocodylus rhombifer

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Crocodylus rhombifer

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Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
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: Crocodylus rhombifer

[edit] Name

Crocodylus rhombifer Cuvier, 1807

Type locality: Unknown; attributed to Cuba by Duméril and Bibron (1836: 101)

Holotype: Syntypes: a whole specimen in the Academy of Sciences (Paris) and a MNHN skin and skull; both syntypes now unlocated. See also comments in King & Burke, 1989

[edit] Synonyms

• Crocodilus rhombifer Cuvier, 1807
• Crocodilus planirostris Graves, 1819 (?)
• Crocodilus gravesii Bory, 1824 (?) (nom. subst. pro C. planirostris)
• Crocodilus Rhombifer — Duméril & Bibron, 1836
• Crocodilus Gravesii — Duméril & Bibron, 1836
• Crocodylus rhombifer — Boulenger, 1889
• Crocodylus rhombifer — Schwartz & Henderson, 1991
• Crocodylus rhombifer — Ross, 1998

[edit] References

• Cuvier, G. 1807. "Sur les différentes especes de crocodiles vivans et sur leurs caracteres distinctifs." Ann. Natl. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris 10: 8-86.
• Crocodylus rhombifer at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 16 August 2009.
• IUCN link: Crocodylus rhombifer Cuvier, 1807 (Critically Endangered)
• Crocodylus rhombifer Cuvier, 1807 Report on ITIS

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