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Clade
Subclade

Taxon
Taxon
Crocodyliformes
Nominal Author
Hay 1930
2nd Nominal Author
Taxon Status ACTIVE
Comments
Although the name was used by Clark (in Benton and Clark 1988) as a clade, it was first defined as a node-based taxon by Sereno et al. (2001:1519). The taxon has been used in this manner even after splitting various basal genera once regarded as “protosuchids” (Clark and Norell 2002). The active definition is a textual variant of the original definition.
Potential Synonomy
Crocodylia, Crocodiliformes (Hay 1930, spelling variant)

Active Phylogenetic Definition
Active Definition
The least inclusive clade containing Protosuchus richardsoni (Brown 1933) and Crocodylus niloticus (Laurenti 1768).
Shorthand
< Protosuchus richardsoni and Crocodylus niloticus.
Definitional Author
Sereno et al. 2001
Definition Status TEXTUAL SUBSTITUTION
Definition Type NODE
Node-Stem Triplet NODE
Other Triplet Taxa
Protosuchia, Mesoeucrocodylia
Specifiers
Specifier(s) A
Protosuchus richardsoni
Specifier(s) B
Crocodylus niloticus
Specifier(s) C
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Inactive Taxon Status
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Protosuchus richardsoni, Crocodylus niloticus, and all descendants of their common ancestor.
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