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The only order-level taxon that is currently considered valid is Crocodilia in its present definition. Prehistoric crocodiles are represented by many taxa, but since few major groups of the ancient forms are distinguishable, a conclusion on how to define new order-level clades is not yet possible. (Benson & Clark, 1988).
Three extant crocodilian species clockwise from top-left: saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus), American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis), and gharial (Gavialis gangeticus) Crocodilia is an order of mostly large, predatory , semiaquatic reptiles , which includes true crocodiles , the alligators , and caimans ; as well as the gharial ...
The crocodile was one of several animals the Egyptians mummified. [171] West African peoples also associated crocodiles with water deities. During the Benin Empire, crocodiles symbolised the power of the oba (king) and linked him to the life-giving rivers. [172] The Leviathan described in the Book of Job may have been based on a crocodile. [173]
List of prehistoric brittle stars; List of prehistoric bryozoan genera; List of prehistoric chitons; List of prehistoric foraminifera genera; List of ichthyosaur genera; List of marine gastropod genera in the fossil record; List of plesiosaur genera; List of prehistoric malacostracans; List of prehistoric medusozoan genera; List of prehistoric ...
The researchers identified a series of 9-inch-long prints as belonging to an ancient crocodylomorph, a group that includes living crocodilians (alligators, crocodiles, and other similarly-sized ...
Pages in category "Prehistoric crocodylomorphs" This category contains only the following page. This list may not reflect recent changes. K. Krokolithidae
A pair of researchers with the University of Iowa decided to re-examine existing fossils of the Deinosuchus, a prehistoric ancestor of crocodiles and alligators estimated to be about 33-feet-long ...
Life restoration of the Late Triassic crocodile relative Revueltosaurus †Revueltosaurus †Revueltosaurus callenderi †Revueltosaurus hunti †Rhadalognathus – type locality for genus †Rhamphinion – type locality for genus †Rhamphinion jenkinsi – type locality for species; Ringicula †Rioarribasuchus †Rioarribasuchus chamaensis ...