Crocodylus

Nile crocodiles ( Crocodylus niloticus )

The genus Crocodylus is the largest genus of crocodiles ( Crocodylia ) and there the Real crocodiles Represent comprises 12 species, which are found in the tropical regions of Africa, Asia and Oceania, and South America.

Features

Crocodylus species are medium-sized to very large crocodiles in comparison to the stump crocodiles ( Ostaeolaemus ) long snouts have but just like this, in contrast to the Sunda Gavial have less than twenty teeth per maxilla and clearly separated neck and back shed. The species of the genus are distinguished from all other rights crocodiles by four synapomorphies of the skeleton: a waist -like indentation at the ilium ( ilium ), several indentations on the inside of the upper jawbone, a bifurcated front Ectopterygoidfortsatz and a visible viewed from the side of the lower jaw bone articular.

System

In addition to several fossil species of the genus belong to twelve species occurring today:

  • Genus: Crocodylus Saltwater crocodile or saltwater crocodile ( Crocodylus porosus )
  • Nile crocodile ( Crocodylus niloticus )
  • West African Crocodile ( Crocodylus suchus )
  • Cuba or diamond crocodile ( Crocodylus rhombifer )
  • American crocodile ( Crocodylus acutus )
  • Orinoco crocodile ( Crocodylus intermedius )
  • Swamp crocodile ( Crocodylus palustris)
  • Siamese crocodile ( Crocodylus siamensis )
  • Philippine crocodile ( Crocodylus mindorensis )
  • Bump crocodile ( Crocodylus moreletii )
  • New Guinea crocodile ( Crocodylus Kookaburra )
  • Australia crocodile ( Crocodylus johnsoni )
  • Crocodylus anthropophagus †
  • Crocodylus falconensis †
Josephus Nicolaus Laurenti Pterygoid bone Morelet's crocodile Freshwater crocodile
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