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Taxon: Species Osteolaemus tetraspis Cope, 1861 - African dwarf crocodile (reptile)
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Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Reptilia - (Order) Crocodylia - (Family) Crocodylidae

Included, by definition, in node-based clade

Crocodylidae (Clade) Cuvier 1807 {Brochu 2003} Ref: C.A. Brochu, 2003: table 1 (p. 360).
Crocodylidae (Clade) Cuvier 1807 {Brochu 2003 (alt.)} Ref: C.A. Brochu, 2003: table 1 (p. 361) (Alternate definition).

Included, by definition, in branch-based clade

Osteolaeminae (Clade) Brochu 2003 [Brochu 2003] Ref: C.A. Brochu, 2003: table 1 (p. 361).

Excluded, by definition, from branch-based clade

Crocodylinae (Clade) Cuvier 1807 {Brochu 2003 (alt.)} Ref: C.A. Brochu, 2003: table 1 (p. 361) (Alternate definition).

Current position

Osteolaemus (Genus) Cope, 1860 Ref: C.A. Brochu, 2012: fig. 13.

Historical positions

Osteolaemus (Genus) Cope, 1860 Ref: C.A. Brochu, 2012: fig. 13.
Osteolaemus (Genus) Cope, 1860 Ref: E. Puértolas et al., 2011: fig. 5.
Osteolaemus (Genus) Cope, 1860 Ref: C.A. Brochu, 2003: fig. 1.
Osteolaemus (Genus) Cope, 1860 Ref: B. Grzimek et al., 1973 (1971): 594.
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