Reptilia - Crocodylia - Crocodylidae
Synonym: Crocodylus madagascariensis Grandidier 1872
Belongs to Crocodylus according to G. W. Storrs 2003
See also Brochu 2007, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Lang and Guilette 2002, Martinelli and Pais 2008, Montefeltro et al. 2011 and Tchernov and Van Couvering 1978
Sister taxa: Crocodilus (Ichthyosuchus), Crocodilus antiquus, Crocodilus biporcatus, Crocodilus ziphodon, Crocodylus (Leptorhynchus), Crocodylus acer, Crocodylus acutus, Crocodylus affinis, Crocodylus americanus, Crocodylus anthropophagus, Crocodylus aptus, Crocodylus bambolii, Crocodylus caralitanus, Crocodylus chamensis, Crocodylus checchiai, Crocodylus elliotti, Crocodylus falconensis, Crocodylus gariepensis, Crocodylus greenwoodi, Crocodylus grypus, Crocodylus intermedius, Crocodylus johnstoni, Crocodylus megarhinus, Crocodylus mindorensis, Crocodylus moreletii, Crocodylus niloticus kaisensis, Crocodylus novaeguineae, Crocodylus palaeindicus, Crocodylus palustris, Crocodylus parvus, Crocodylus polyodon, Crocodylus porosus, Crocodylus raninus, Crocodylus rhombifer, Crocodylus siamensis, Crocodylus solaris, Crocodylus stavelianus, Crocodylus subulatus, Crocodylus suchus, Crocodylus sulciferus, Crocodylus thorbjarnarsoni, Crocodylus wheelerii, Crocodylus ziphodon, Limnosaurus
Ecology: carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Djibouti (1 collection), Egypt (1), Eritrea (2), Kenya (18), Madagascar (3), Niger (3), South Africa (1), Tanzania (5)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of the Congo-Kinshasa (1), Kenya (3)
• Pliocene of the Congo-Kinshasa (1), Kenya (3)
• Miocene of Chad (1), Kenya (1), Morocco (1), the United Arab Emirates (1)
Total: 46 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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