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Crocodylinae Temporal range: Eocene–Holocene, 38–0 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Mugger crocodile (Crocodylus palustris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Clade:	Archosauromorpha
Clade:	Archosauriformes
Order:	Crocodilia
Family:	Crocodylidae
Subfamily:	Crocodylinae Cuvier, 1807
Type species
Crocodylus niloticus Laurenti, 1768
Genera
Crocodylus Mecistops? †Aldabrachampsus? †Voay

Crocodylinae is a subfamily of true crocodiles within the family Crocodylidae, and is the sister taxon to Osteolaeminae (dwarf crocodiles and slender-snouted crocodiles).

Taxonomy

Crocodylinae was cladistically defined by Christopher Brochu in 1999 as Crocodylus niloticus (the Nile crocodile) and all crocodylians more closely related to it than to Osteolaemus tetraspis (the Dwarf crocodile). This is a stem-based definition, and is the sister taxon to Osteolaeminae.

Crocodylinae contains the extant genus Crocodylus. It is disputed as to whether is also includes Mecistops (slender-snouted crocodiles), or the extinct genus Voay.

Phylogeny

Some morphological studies have recovered Mecistops as a basal member of Crocodylinae, more closely related to Crocodylus than to Osteolaemus and the other members of Osteolaeminae, as shown in the cladogram below.

The below cladogram is based on a 2021 study using paleogenomics that extracted DNA from the extinct Voay, recovering it as a member of Crocodylinae.

Species list

Crocodylinae contains 13-14 extant species and 6 extinct species.

• Subfamily Crocodylinae
  • Genus Crocodylus
    • Crocodylus acutus, American crocodile
    • Crocodylus halli, Hall's New Guinea crocodile
    • Crocodylus intermedius, Orinoco crocodile
    • Crocodylus johnstoni, Freshwater crocodile, or Johnstone's crocodile
    • Crocodylus mindorensis, Philippine crocodile
    • Crocodylus moreletii, Morelet's crocodile or Mexican crocodile
    • Crocodylus niloticus, Nile crocodile
    • Crocodylus novaeguineae, New Guinea crocodile
    • Crocodylus palustris, mugger, marsh or Indian crocodile
    • Crocodylus porosus, Saltwater crocodile or Estuarine crocodile
      • Crocodylus raninus, Borneo crocodile, is currently considered to be a synonym of Crocodylus porosus; whether or not it is a distinct species remains unclear.
    • Crocodylus rhombifer, Cuban crocodile
    • Crocodylus siamensis, Siamese crocodile
    • Crocodylus suchus, West African crocodile, desert or sacred crocodile
    • Crocodylus anthropophagus†
    • Crocodylus checchiai†
    • Crocodylus falconensis†
    • Crocodylus palaeindicus†
    • Crocodylus thorbjarnarsoni†
  • Genus Voay†
    • Voay robustus† (formerly Crocodylus robustus)

References

1. Brochu, C. A.; Storrs, G. W. (2012). "A giant crocodile from the Plio-Pleistocene of Kenya, the phylogenetic relationships of Neogene African crocodylines, and the antiquity of Crocodylus in Africa". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 32 (3): 587–602. Bibcode:2012JVPal..32..587B. doi:10.1080/02724634.2012.652324. S2CID 85103427.
2. ^ Rio, Jonathan P.; Mannion, Philip D. (6 September 2021). "Phylogenetic analysis of a new morphological dataset elucidates the evolutionary history of Crocodylia and resolves the long-standing gharial problem". PeerJ. 9: e12094. doi:10.7717/peerj.12094. PMC 8428266. PMID 34567843.
3. ^ Azarra, Beatrice; Boschian, Giovanni; Brochu, Christopher; Delfino, Massimo; Iurino, Dawid Adam; Kimambo, Jackson Stanley; Manzi, Giorgio; Masao, Fidelis T.; Menconero, Sofia; Njau, Jackson K; Cherin, Marco (2021). "A new cranium of Crocodylus anthropophagus from Olduvai Gorge, northern Tanzania". Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia (Research in Paleontology and Stratigraphy). 127 (2): 275–295. doi:10.13130/2039-4942/15771.
4. ^ Hekkala, E.; Gatesy, J.; Narechania, A.; Meredith, R.; Russello, M.; Aardema, M. L.; Jensen, E.; Montanari, S.; Brochu, C.; Norell, M.; Amato, G. (2021-04-27). "Paleogenomics illuminates the evolutionary history of the extinct Holocene "horned" crocodile of Madagascar, Voay robustus". Communications Biology. 4 (1): 505. doi:10.1038/s42003-021-02017-0. ISSN 2399-3642. PMC 8079395. PMID 33907305.
5. "Species | the Reptile Database".

v t e Extant Crocodilian species
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia (unranked): Archosauria Superorder: Crocodylomorpha
Family Alligatoridae (Alligators and caimans) Alligatorinae (Alligators) Alligator American alligator (A. mississippiensis) Chinese alligator (A. sinensis) Caimaninae (Caimans) Caiman Spectacled caiman (C. crocodilus) Broad-snouted caiman (C. latirostris) Yacare caiman (C. yacare) Melanosuchus Black caiman (M. niger) Paleosuchus Cuvier's dwarf caiman (P. palpebrosus) Smooth-fronted caiman (P. trigonatus)
Family Crocodylidae (True crocodiles) Crocodylinae Crocodylus American crocodile (C. acutus) Hall's New Guinea crocodile (C. halli) Orinoco crocodile (C. intermedius) Freshwater crocodile (C. johnstoni) Philippine crocodile (C. mindorensis) Morelet's crocodile (C. moreletii) Nile crocodile (C. niloticus) New Guinea crocodile (C. novaeguineae) Mugger crocodile (C. palustris) Saltwater crocodile (C. porosus) Borneo crocodile (C. raninus) Cuban crocodile (C. rhombifer) Siamese crocodile (C. siamensis) West African crocodile (C. suchus) Osteolaeminae Mecistops West African slender snouted crocodile (Mecistops cataphractus) Central African slender-snouted crocodile (Mecistops leptorhynchus) Osteolaemus Dwarf crocodile (O. tetraspis) Osborn’s dwarf crocodile (O. osborni)
Family Gavialidae Gavialis Gharial (G. gangeticus) Tomistoma False gharial (T. schlegelii)
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v t e Extinct crocodilians
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Sauropsida Clade: Pseudosuchia Clade: Eusuchia Pseudosuchia see Pseudosuchia Neosuchia see Neosuchia Crocodilia see below↓
Basal crocodilians Mekosuchinae Australosuchus? Baru Harpacochampsa? Kalthifrons Kambara Mekosuchus Paludirex Quinkana? Trilophosuchus Ultrastenos Volia Others Albertosuchus Arenysuchus? Asiatosuchus Borealosuchus? Brachyuranochampsa Charactosuchus "Crocodylus" acer "Crocodylus" affinis Portugalosuchus? Pristichampsus? Prodiplocynodon Planocraniidae?
Alligatoroidea Alligatoroidea Deinosuchus Diplocynodon Leidyosuchus Listrognathosuchus Globidonta Albertochampsa Arambourgia Brachychampsa Ceratosuchus Deinosuchus? Eocaiman Hassiacosuchus Leidyosuchus? Navajosuchus Procaimanoidea? Stangerochampsa Orientalosuchina Dongnanosuchus Eoalligator Eurycephalosuchus Jiangxisuchus Krabisuchus Orientalosuchus Protoalligator Alligatoridae Balanerodus? Lianghusuchus? Menatalligator? Sajkanosuchus? Alligatorinae Akanthosuchus? Allognathosuchus Arambourgia? Ceratosuchus? Chrysochampsa Hassiacosuchus? Navajosuchus? Procaimanoidea? Wannaganosuchus? Alligator A. hailensis A. mcgrewi A. mefferdi A. munensis A. olseni A. prenasalis A. thomsoni Caimaninae Acresuchus Bottosaurus Brachychampsa? Centenariosuchus Ceratosuchus? Chinatichampsus Culebrasuchus Eocaiman? Globidentosuchus Gnatusuchus Kuttanacaiman Mourasuchus Necrosuchus Orthogenysuchus Paranacaiman Paranasuchus Protocaiman Purussaurus Stangerochampsa? Tsoabichi Wannaganosuchus? Melanosuchus M. fisheri M. latrubessei Caiman C. australis C. brevirostris C. gasparinae C. venezuelensis C. wannlangstoni
Longirostres Crocodyloidea Albertosuchus? Antecrocodylus Astorgosuchus Australosuchus? "Crocodylus" affinis? "Crocodylus" megarhinus Jiangxisuchus? Mekosuchinae? Crocodylidae Aldabrachampsus Dzungarisuchus? Oxysdonsaurus? Osteolaeminae Brochuchus "Crocodylus" gariepensis Euthecodon Rimasuchus Kinyang? Crocodylinae "Crocodylus" megarhinus? Kinyang? Quinkana? Tzaganosuchus? Voay Crocodylus C. anthropophagus C. checchiai C. falconensis C. palaeindicus C. thorbjarnarsoni Gavialoidea Dollosuchoides Dollosuchus Ferganosuchus Gavialosuchus Gunggamarandu Kentisuchus Leptorrhamphus? Maomingosuchus Maroccosuchus Megadontosuchus Ocepesuchus Paratomistoma Thecachampsa Tienosuchus? "Tomistoma" cairense "Tomistoma" lusitanicum Gavialidae Sacacosuchus Tomistominae sensu stricto Brasilosuchus? Gavialosuchus? Melitosaurus Paratomistoma? Thecachampsa? Tomistoma T. calaritanum? T. gaudense? T. lusitanicum? T. taiwanicum? Gavialinae sensu lato Aktiogavialis Dadagavialis Gavialosuchus? Gryposuchus Hanyusuchus Harpacochampsa? Hesperogavialis Ikanogavialis Maomingosuchus? Paratomistoma? Penghusuchus Piscogavialis Rhamphosuchus Siquisiquesuchus Sutekhsuchus "Tomistoma" cairense? "Tomistoma" coppensi Toyotamaphimeia Gavialis G. bengawanicus G. breviceps? G. browni? G. curvirostris? G. leptodus? G. lewisi? G. pachyrhynchus? G. papuensis?
See also: Brevirostres Gryposuchinae

• Crocodylidae
• Reptile subfamilies
• Taxa named by Georges Cuvier