crocodylid

That is, a member of the same crocodylid clade as the west African dwarf crocodiles (Osteolaemus*) - see picture at top - and the extinct Madagascan species ‘Crocodylus’ robustus (Brochu 1997, 2006).

Even more recently extinct, island dwelling crocodilians Darren Naish 2006

That is, a member of the same crocodylid clade as the west African dwarf crocodiles (Osteolaemus*) - see picture at top - and the extinct Madagascan species ‘Crocodylus’ robustus (Brochu 1997, 2006).

Archive 2006-09-01 Darren Naish 2006

It was a crocodylid, but there’s no indication that it was anything to do with the mekosuchines: instead, there are reasons for thinking that it was an osteolaemine.

Even more recently extinct, island dwelling crocodilians Darren Naish 2006

South American Miocene Charactosuchus, while gharial-like, has been regarded as a highly unusual crocodylid of uncertain affinities (Langston 1965, Langston & Gasparini 1997), while Euthecodon – a uniquely African taxon, some species of which approached 10 m in length – is also a crocodylid, and perhaps a close relative of the living dwarf crocodiles (and we’ll discuss those more in a moment).

Even more recently extinct, island dwelling crocodilians Darren Naish 2006

It was a crocodylid, but there’s no indication that it was anything to do with the mekosuchines: instead, there are reasons for thinking that it was an osteolaemine.

Archive 2006-09-01 Darren Naish 2006

South American Miocene Charactosuchus, while gharial-like, has been regarded as a highly unusual crocodylid of uncertain affinities (Langston 1965, Langston & Gasparini 1997), while Euthecodon – a uniquely African taxon, some species of which approached 10 m in length – is also a crocodylid, and perhaps a close relative of the living dwarf crocodiles (and we’ll discuss those more in a moment).

Archive 2006-09-01 Darren Naish 2006