Crocodylus falconensis

Crocodylus falconensis
Temporal range: Early Pliocene (Montehermosan-Chapadmalalan)
~5.332–3.6 Ma
↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Crocodilia
Family:Crocodylidae
Genus:Crocodylus
Species: C. falconensis
Binomial name
Crocodylus falconensis
Scheyer et al., 2013

Crocodylus falconensis is an extinct species of crocodile known from the early Pliocene of the lower part of the Vergel Member of the San Gregorio Formation of Venezuela. C. falconensis was named in 2013 and it is thought to be the basalmost known Neotropical crocodile species. The cladogram below follows the topology from Scheyer et al. (2013).[1]

Taxonomy

 

 

Mecistops cataphractus

 
 Crocodylus 

 

C. palaeindicus

 
 

 Indopacific 

 

C. palustris

 
 

 

C. siamensis

 
 

 

C. porosus

 
 

C. mindorensis

 
 

 

C. johnsoni

 
 

C. novaeguineae

 
 
 
 
 
 Africa-New World 

 

C. niloticus

 
 New World 

 

C. falconensis

 
 

 

C. moreletii

 
 

C. rhombifer

 
 

 

C. acutus

 
 

C. intermedius

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

References

  1. ↑ Scheyer, T. M.; Aguilera, O. A.; Delfino, M.; Fortier, D. C.; Carlini, A. A.; Sánchez, R.; Carrillo-Briceño, J. D.; Quiroz, L.; Sánchez-Villagra, M. R. (2013). "Crocodylian diversity peak and extinction in the late Cenozoic of the northern Neotropics". Nature Communications. 4: 1907. doi:10.1038/ncomms2940. PMID 23695701.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.