A giant crocodile from the Plio-Pleistocene of Kenya, the phylogenetic relationships of Neogene African crocodylines, and the antiquity of Crocodylus in Africa

C. A. Brochu, and G. W. Storrs

2012

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Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 32(3):587-602

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Taxa discussed in this work:

• Crocodylus niloticus kaisensis
• Crocodylus ossifragus
• Crocodylus palaeindicus
• Crocodylus siamensis
• Crocodylus thorbjarnarsoni

Taxonomy:

• Crocodylus siamensis belongs to Crocodylus - Schneider (1801)
• Crocodylus checchiai belongs to Crocodylus - Maccagno (1948)
• Crocodylus thorbjarnarsoni belongs to Crocodylus - Brochu and Storrs (2012)
• Crocodylus niloticus kaisensis belongs to Crocodylus - Brochu and Storrs (2012)
• Crocodylus sivalensis belongs to Crocodylus palaeindicus - Brochu and Storrs (2012)
• Brachyuranochampsa belongs to Crocodyloidea - Brochu and Storrs (2012)