Crocodylus

Crocodylus
Temporal range: Late Oligocene - recent,
Mugger crocodile (C. palustris)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Archosauria
Order: Crocodilia
Family: Crocodylidae
Subfamily: Crocodylinae
Genus: Crocodylus
Laurenti, 1768
Type species
Crocodylus niloticus
Laurenti, 1768
Species

See text

Worldwide distribution of Crocodylus
Synonyms
    • Bombifrons Gray, 1862
    • Crocodillus Scopoli, 1777
    • Crocodilus Gmelin, 1789
    • Crocodilus Laurenti, 1768
    • Crocodylus Gronovius, 1763
    • Mecistops Gray, 1844
    • Molina Romer, 1956
    • Molinia Gray, 1862
    • Motinia Gray, 1844
    • Oopholis Gray, 1844
    • Oxycrocodylus Hoser, 2012
    • Palinia Gray, 1844
    • Philas Gray, 1874
    • Temsacus Gray, 1862

Crocodylus is a genus of true crocodiles in the family Crocodylidae.

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