Osteolaemus

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Osteolaemus tetraspis

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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: Osteolaemus
Species: O. tetraspis

[edit] Name

Osteolaemus Cope, 1861

Type species: Osteolaemus tetraspis Cope, 1861

[edit] References

• Cope, E. D. 1861. Recent species of Emydosaurian reptiles represented in the Museum of the Academy. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 1860: 549
• Eaton, M.J.; Martin, A.; Thorbjarnarson, J.; Amato, G. 2008: Species-level diversification of African dwarf crocodiles (Genus Osteolaemus): a geographic and phylogenetic perspective. Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2008.11.009
• Osteolaemus at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 23 October 2009.

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