Crocodylus rhombifer

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Eusuchia
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha Cladus: Crurotarsi Cladus: Archosauria Subsectio: Pseudosuchia Cladus: Suchia Cladus: Paracrocodylomorpha Cladus: Loricata Superordo: Crocodylomorpha Ordo: Crocodilia Cladus: Mesoeucrocodylia Cladus: Neosuchia Subordo: Eusuchia

Familia: Crocodylidae
Subfamilia: Crocodylinae
Genus: Crocodylus
Species: Crocodylus rhombifer

Name

Crocodylus rhombifer Cuvier, 1807

Type locality: Unknown; attributed to Cuba by Duméril and Bibron (1836: 101)

Holotype: Syntypes: a whole specimen in the Academy of Sciences (Paris) and a MNHN skin and skull; both syntypes now unlocated. See also comments in King & Burke, 1989

Synonyms

Crocodilus rhombifer Cuvier, 1807
Crocodilus planirostris Graves, 1819 (?)
Crocodilus gravesii Bory, 1824 (?) (nom. subst. pro C. planirostris)
Crocodilus Rhombifer — Duméril & Bibron, 1836
Crocodilus Gravesii — Duméril & Bibron, 1836
Crocodylus rhombifer — Boulenger, 1889
Crocodylus rhombifer — Schwartz & Henderson, 1991
Crocodylus rhombifer — Ross, 1998

References

Cuvier, G. 1807. "Sur les différentes especes de crocodiles vivans et sur leurs caracteres distinctifs." Ann. Natl. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris 10: 8–86.
Crocodylus rhombifer at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 16 August 2009.
IUCN: Crocodylus rhombifer Cuvier, 1807 (Critically Endangered)
Crocodylus rhombifer Cuvier, 1807 – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Vernacular names

Boarisch: Kubakrókódü(ui)
Deutsch: Kubakrokodil / Rautenkrokodil
English: Cuban Crocodile
suomi: Kuubankrokotiili
日本語: キューバワニ
polski: Krokodyl kubański
português: Crocodilo-cubano