Taxonavigation
Taxonavigation: Eusuchia |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Crocodylidae
Subfamilia: Crocodylinae
Genus: Mecistops
Species: Mecistops leptorhynchus
Name
- Mecistops leptorhynchus (Bennett, 1835)
Holotype: NHMUK 1947.3.6.35.
Type locality: “Fernando Po [=Bioko]”.
Combinations
- Crocodilus leptorhynchus Bennett, 1835: 129 [original combination]
- Mecistops leptorhynchus — Shirley et al., 2018 [subsequent combination]
References
Primary references
- Bennett, E.T. 1835. [Crocodilus leptorhynchus]. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 3: 128–132. BHL
- Shirley, M.H., Carr, A.N., Nestler, J.H., Vliet, K.A. & Brochu, C.A. 2018. Systematic revision of the living African Slender-snouted Crocodiles (Mecistops Gray, 1844). Zootaxa 4504(2): 151–193. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4504.2.1. Reference page.