Osteolaemus

Osteolaemus tetraspis

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: Osteolaemus
Species (2): O. osborni – O. tetraspis

Name

Osteolaemus Cope, 1861: 549

• Type species: Osteolaemus tetraspis Cope, 1861, by monotypy.

Synonyms

• Halcrosia Gray, 1862: 273
  • Type species: Crocodilus frontatus Murray, 1862, by monotypy.

References

Primary references

• Cope, E.D. [1860] 1861. List of the recent species of Emydosaurian Reptiles in the Museum of the Academy of Natural Sciences. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 12: 549–550. BHL Reference page. 
• Gray, J.E. 1862. A synopsis of the species of crocodiles. Annals and Magazine of Natural History Series 3, 10: 265–274. BHL

Additional references

• Eaton, M.J., Martin, A., Thorbjarnarson, J. & Amato, G. 2008. Species-level diversification of African dwarf crocodiles (Genus Osteolaemus): a geographic and phylogenetic perspective. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 50(3): 496–506. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2008.11.009 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Osteolaemus . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 30 March 2024.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Stumpfkrokodil
English: Dwarf Crocodile
français: Crocodile Nain
日本語: コビトワニ属
Nederlands: Breedvoorhoofdkrokodil
português: Crocodilo-anão