Mecistops leptorhynchus

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: Mecistops
Species: Mecistops leptorhynchus

Name

• Mecistops leptorhynchus (Bennett, 1835)

Holotype: NHMUK 1947.3.6.35.

Type locality: “Fernando Po [=Bioko]”.

Combinations

• Crocodilus leptorhynchus Bennett, 1835: 129 [original combination]
• Mecistops leptorhynchus — Shirley et al., 2018 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Bennett, E.T. 1835. [Crocodilus leptorhynchus]. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 3: 128–132. BHL
• Shirley, M.H., Carr, A.N., Nestler, J.H., Vliet, K.A. & Brochu, C.A. 2018. Systematic revision of the living African Slender-snouted Crocodiles (Mecistops Gray, 1844). Zootaxa 4504(2): 151–193. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4504.2.1. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Central African Slender-snouted Crocodile