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Definition of Crocodylus
1. Noun. Type genus of the Crocodylidae.
Generic synonyms: Reptile Genus
Group relationships: Crocodylidae, Family Crocodylidae
Member holonyms: Crocodile
Lexicographical Neighbors of Crocodylus
Literary usage of Crocodylus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Catalogue of the Type and Figured Specimens of Fossils, Minerals, Rocks, and by George Perkins Merrill, Charles Schuchert (1907)
"Crocodylus clavis Cope. Type. Parts of right maxillary and premaxillary bones,
... Crocodylus elliotti Leidy. Type. Anterior part of left maxillary. ..."
2. A Check List of North American Amphibians and Reptiles by Leonhard Stejneger, Thomas Barbour (1917)
"53 TYPE: niloticus = Lacerta crocodilus Linne in part Crocodylus acutus CUVIER
CROCODILE Crocodilus acutus CUVIER Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, Vol. ..."
3. Paleobiology of the Williamsburg Formation (Black Mingo Group; Paleocene) of by Albert E. Sanders (1998)
"The Natural History of Crocodylus porosus; pp. 237-312 in A study of Crocodylus
porosus in North Australia. University of Sydney. WEEMS, ROBERTE. 1998. ..."
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