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Taxon: Suborder Mesoeucrocodylia Whetstone & Whybrow, 1983 (reptile)
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Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Reptilia - (Order) Crocodyliformes

Defined by included taxon (and all taxa more closely related to it than to the excluded taxon)

Crocodylus niloticus Laurenti, 1768 Ref: J.E. Martin & M.J. Benton, 2008: fig. 2 (Sereno et al., 2001).

Defined by excluded taxon

Protosuchus richardsoni (Brown, 1933) Ref: J.E. Martin & M.J. Benton, 2008: fig. 2 (Sereno et al., 2001).

Current position

Crocodyliformes (Order) Clark, 1988 Ref: S.C. Sweetman et al., 2015: 259.

Alternative positions

Crocodylia (Order) Wagler, 1830 Ref: J.E. Martin & M.J. Benton, 2008: 178.

Historical positions

Crocodylia (Order) Wagler, 1830 Ref: J.E. Martin & M.J. Benton, 2008: 178, fig. 2.

Number of Subtaxa

1989-present Systema Naturae 2000: 1 Apr 2017 [3f;9g;25s]
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