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Crown clade: Crocodylidae Cuvier 1807 {Brochu 2003} (reptile)
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Concise hierarchy

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

Phylogeny

Node-based clade Ref: C.A. Brochu, 2003: table 1 (p. 360). [implicit]
Crown clade Ref: C.A. Brochu, 2003: table 1 (p. 360). [implicit]

Defined by the most recent common ancestor (and all its descendants) of

Crocodylus niloticus Laurenti, 1768 Ref: C.A. Brochu, 2003: table 1 (p. 360).
Osteolaemus tetraspis Cope, 1861 Ref: C.A. Brochu, 2003: table 1 (p. 360).
Tomistoma schlegelii (Müller, 1838) Ref: C.A. Brochu, 2003: table 1 (p. 360).

Current position

Crocodyloidea (Clade) Fitzinger 1826 {Brochu 2003} Ref: C.A. Brochu, 2003: fig. 6.

Historical positions

Crocodyloidea (Clade) Fitzinger 1826 {Brochu 2003} Ref: C.A. Brochu, 2003: table 1 (p. 360), figs. 1, 6.
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