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Clade
Subclade

Taxon
Taxon
Mesoeucrocodylia
Nominal Author
Whetstone and Whybrow 1983
2nd Nominal Author
Taxon Status ACTIVE
Comments
The active definition is a textual variant of that proposed by Sereno et al. (2001), the only previous definition for Mesoeucrocodylia.
Potential Synonomy

Active Phylogenetic Definition
Active Definition
The most inclusive clade containing Crocodylus niloticus (Laurenti 1768) but not Protosuchus richardsoni (Brown 1933).
Shorthand
> Crocodylus niloticus but not Protosuchus richardsoni.
Definitional Author
Sereno et al. 2001
Definition Status TEXTUAL SUBSTITUTION
Definition Type STEM
Node-Stem Triplet STEM
Other Triplet Taxa
Crocodyliformes, Protosuchia
Specifiers
Specifier(s) A
Crocodylus niloticus
Specifier(s) B
Specifier(s) C
Protosuchus richardsoni
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Inactive Taxon Status
Rejection Criteria
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All crocodyliforms more closely related to Crocodylus niloticus than to Protosuchus richarsoni.
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