IRMNG - Mecistops Gray, 1844

IRMNG name details

Mecistops Gray, 1844

IRMNG_ID

1104713 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1104713)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted Name

Crocodylus Laurenti, 1768

Rank

Genus

Parent

Crocodylidae Cuvier, 1808

Direct children (2)

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Species Mecistops bathyrhynchus Cope, 1861 accepted as Crocodylus intermedius Graves, 1819
Species Mecistops cataphractus Schmitz et al., 2004 accepted as Crocodylus cataphractus Cuvier, 1825

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Cat. Tortoises, etc., Coll. Brit. Mus.
page(s): 57 [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2021). Mecistops Gray, 1844. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1104713 on 2024-09-19

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-09-20 22:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

changed

Rees, Tony

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Sources (8)

original description Cat. Tortoises, etc., Coll. Brit. Mus.
page(s): 57 [details]

basis of record CoL2006/EMBL Reptiles [details]

basis of record Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. , available online at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details]

source of synonymy EMBL [details]

verified source for family Australian Faunal Directory (May 2014) [details]

name verified source Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. , available online at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details]

extant flag source CoL2006/EMBL Reptiles [details]

habitat flag source As per Crocodylus cataphractus [details]