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Name - Melanosuchus fisheri Medina 1976

Name Details

Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)

urn:lsid:organismnames.com:name:2072937 [metadata]

Variants and Synonyms

Reported Taxonomic Ranks

Species

Reported Taxonomic Hierarchies

Animalia (Kingdom)
Chordata (Phylum)
Vertebrata (Subphylum)
Reptilia (Class)
Archosauria (Subclass)
Crocodylia (Order)
Eusuchia (Suborder)
Crocodylidae (Family)

References

Original Description Reference

  • Crocodilians from the late Tertiary of northwestern Venezuela: Melanosuchus fisheri sp. nov. Breviora, No. 438 1976: 1-14. [Zoological Record Volume 113]

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Zoological Record

Recent Publications

  • Crocodilians from the late Tertiary of northwestern Venezuela: Melanosuchus fisheri sp. nov.
  • Cranial shape variation in jacarean caimanines (Crocodylia, Alligatoroidea) and its implications in the taxonomic status of extinct species: The case of Melanosuchus fisheri.
  • Shedding light on the taxonomic diversity of the South American Miocene caimans: the status of Melanosuchus fisheri (Crocodylia, Alligatoroidea).

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