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Crocodyloidea
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous - Recent, 83.5–0 Ma
Crocodylus niloticus (Nile crocodile)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Archosauromorpha
Clade: Archosauriformes
Order: Crocodilia
Clade: Longirostres
Superfamily: Crocodyloidea
Fitzinger, 1826

The Crocodyloidea superfamily of crocodilians evolved in the Late Cretaceous period. Cladistically, it is defined as Crocodylus niloticus (the Nile crocodile) and all crocodylians more closely related to C. niloticus than to either Alligator mississippiensis (the American alligator) or Gavialis gangeticus (the gharial).[1]

Phylogeny

Cladogram after Brochu C. A., Njau J., Blumenschine R. J., Densmore L. D. (2010).[2]

References

  1. ^ Brochu, Christopher A. (May 2003). "Phylogenetic approaches toward crocodylian history". Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences. 31: 360. doi:10.1146/annurev.earth.31.100901.141308.
  2. ^ Brochu, C. A.; Njau, J.; Blumenschine, R. J.; Densmore, L. D. (2010). "A New Horned Crocodile from the Plio-Pleistocene Hominid Sites at Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania". PLoS ONE. 5 (2): e9333. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0009333. PMC 2827537. PMID 20195356.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link)
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