Taxonomy Profile: Mecistops (Gray 1844)

Mecistops: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Genus
Synonym(s):
Common Name(s):
African Slender-snouted Crocodile []
African Sharp-nosed Crocodile []
African Gavial []
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Mecistops: Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom : Animalia
animals |
Animal |
animaux |
Subkingdom : Bilateria
Infrakingdom : Deuterostomia
Phylum : Chordata
chordates |
cordado |
cordés |
Subphylum : Vertebrata
vertebrates |
vertebrado |
vertébrés |
Infradivision : Gnathostomata
Superclass : Tetrapoda
Class : Reptilia
répteis |
reptiles |
Reptiles |
Order : Crocodilia
crocodiles |
alligators |
caimans |
gavials |
crocodilo |
jacaré |
Crocodilians |
Family : Crocodylidae
Crocodiles |
Genus : Mecistops
African Slender-snouted Crocodile |
African Sharp-nosed Crocodile |
African Gavial |
Mecistops Direct Children(s):
Mecistops cataphractus
(Cuvier 1825)
Mecistops leptorhynchus
(Bennett 1835)
Mecistops: References
Expert(s):
Expert:
Roy W. McDiarmid
Notes:
U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
Reference for:
Mecistops
Source(s):
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
McAliley, L. Rex, R. E. Willis, D. A. Ray, P. S. White, C. A. Brochu, and L. D. Densmore III
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1996-04-01 / 1996-04-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Are crocodiles really monophyletic?-Evidence for subdivisions from sequence and morphological data
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, vol. 39, no. 1
Page(s):
16-32
Publisher:
Publication Place:
ISBN/ISSN:
/1055-7903
Notes:
Reference for:
Mecistops
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Gray, John Edward
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1844-01-01 / 1844-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Catalogue of the tortoises, crocodiles, and amphisbaenians, in the collection of the British Museum
Page(s):
vii + 80
Publisher:
Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History)
Publication Place:
London, UK
ISBN/ISSN:
/
Notes:
Available online via Biodiversity Heritage Library at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18728276
Reference for:
Mecistops
Mecistops: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Mecistops: Comments