Crocodilia

Crocodylus niloticus

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha
Cladus: Crurotarsi
Divisio: Archosauria
Subdivisio: Pseudosuchia
Superordo: Crocodylomorpha
Ordo: Crocodilia
Subordo: Eusuchia - †Mesosuchia - †Protosuchia - †Sebecosuchia - †Sphenosuchia - †Thalattosuchia

Overview of familiae

Alligatoridae - Crocodylidae - Gavialidae - †Baurusuchidae - †Comahuesuchidae - †Dyrosauridae - †Goniopholidae - †Mahajangasuchidae - †Metriorhynchidae - †Notosuchidae - †Sebecidae - †Teleosauridae - †Uruguaysuchidae

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Unassigned genera: †Borealosuchus

Selected references

• Sereno, P.C.; Larsson, H.C.E. 2009: Cretaceous crocodyliforms from the Sahara. ZooKeys, 28: 1–143. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.28.325
• Zhang, M.; Wang, Y.; Yan, P.; Wu, X. 2011: Crocodilian phylogeny inferred from twelve mitochondrial protein-coding genes, with new complete mitochondrial genomic sequences for Crocodylus acutus and Crocodylus novaeguineae. Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 60(1): 62–67. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2011.03.029

Vernacular names

беларуская: Кракадзілы
čeština: Krokodýli
Deutsch: Krokodile
English: Crocodilians
français: Crocodilia
한국어: 악어
հայերեն: Կոկորդիլոսներ
עברית: תנינאים
Kiswahili: Mamba
latviešu: Krokodilu kārta
magyar: Krokodilok
македонски: Крокодили
Nederlands: Krokodilachtigen
日本語: ワニ目
Nordfriisk: Krokodiilen
norsk: Krokodiller
polski: Krokodyle
português: Crocodilianos
русский: Крокодилы
suomi: Krokotiilieläimet
svenska: Krokodildjur
Türkçe: Timsahlar
українська: Крокодили

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