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Crocodilia (Crocodiles, Alligators, Caimans, Gharials etc.)

Crocodiles are one of the two surviving archosaur lineages. The other being birds.

 

Family: Alligatoridae (Alligators and Caimans)

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Caiman crocodilus apaporiensis (Medem, 1955) Apaporis caiman, Apaporis River caiman (rediscovered) Apaporis River, Colombia Rediscovered or relocated Access 

 

 

Family: Crocodylidae (True Crocodiles)

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Aldabrachampsus dilophus Brochu, 2006 Aldabra horned (terrestrial) crocodile Less than 120ka Aldabra Atoll, Seychelles Extinct Access
             
Crocodylus siamensis
Schneider, 1801 Siamese crocodile - Asia Rediscovered Access
             
Crocodylus sinhaleyus Deraniyagala, 195X Sri Lankan crocodile, Ceylon crocodile c.78ka? Sri Lanka (=Ceylon) Extinct Access
             
Crocodylus sp. nov. 'New Providence Island' - New Providence Island crocodile ? New Providence Island, Bahamas Extinct if valid Access
             
Voay robustus Grandidier & Vaillant, 1872 Malagasy crocodile Holocene? Madagascar Extinct Access

 

 

Family: Gavialidae (Gharials and False Gharials)

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile

Hanyusuchus sinensis

Iijima, Qiao, Lin, Peng, Yoneda & Liu, 2022 Chinese gharial >1000 AD southeastern China Extinct Access
             
?Ikanogavialis papuensis De Vis, 1905 Murua gharial Late Pleistocene or Holocene Murua (=Woodlark =Muruya), Solomon Islands Extinct Access

 

 

Family: †Mekosuchidae (Terrestrial Crocodiles)1

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Mekosuchus inexpectatus Balouet & Buffetaut, 1987 New Caledonian terrestrial crocodile Younger than 2,000 BC New Caledonia Extinct Access
             
Mekosuchus kalpokasi Mead, Steadman, Bedford, Bell & Spriggs, 2002 Vanuatu terrestrial crocodile c.1,000 BC Efate Island, Vanuatu Extinct Access
             
Paludirex gracilis (Willis & Molnar, 1997) - Late Pleistocene Australia Extinct Access
             

?Paludirex sp. nov. 'Darling Downs'

- - Late Pleistocene Queensland, Australia Extinct Access
             
Quinkana fortirostrum Molnar, 1981 - Late Pleistocene (c.38,000 BC?) Queensland, Australia Extinct Access
             
Volia athollandersoni Molnar, Worthy & Willis, 2002 Fijian terrestrial crocodile Late Pleistocene Viti Levu, Fiji Extinct Access
             

MEKOSUCHINAE gen. indet. sp. nov. 'Floraville'

- - Late Pleistocene New South Wales, Australia Extinct Access

1 Should be (re)elevated to family level (Ristevski et al., 2023)

 

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