Osteolaemus Cope 1860 (crocodile)

Reptilia - Crocodylia - Crocodylidae

Parent taxon: Osteolaemini according to C. A. Brochu et al. 2022

See also Brochu 2007, Carroll 1988, Frank and Ramus 1996, Hekkala et al. 2021, Jouve et al. 2008, Kuhn 1966, Lang and Guilette 2002, Martin and Buffetaut 2008, Puértolas et al. 2011 and Rio and Mannion 2021

Sister taxon: Rimasuchus

Subtaxa: Osteolaemus osborni Osteolaemus tetraspes

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Ecology: carnivore

Distribution:

• Pliocene of the Congo-Kinshasa (1 collection), Senegal (1)

• Miocene to Pliocene of Uganda (2)

• Miocene of Uganda (1)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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