Mecistops cataphractus

Mecistops cataphractus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Eusuchia

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha Cladus: Crurotarsi Cladus: Archosauria Subsectio: Pseudosuchia Cladus: Suchia Cladus: Paracrocodylomorpha Cladus: Loricata Superordo: Crocodylomorpha Ordo: Crocodilia Cladus: Mesoeucrocodylia Cladus: Neosuchia Subordo: Eusuchia

Familia: Crocodylidae
Subfamilia: Crocodylinae
Genus: Mecistops
Species: Mecistops cataphractus

Name

• Mecistops cataphractus (Cuvier, 1824)

Holotype: RCSM 710. [lost]

Neotype: MCZ R-22483, skull οf an adult individual, collected by G.M. Allen on 1926. [designated by Shirley et al. (2018)]

Type locality: unknown; designated to “Senegal-Fluss [=Senegal River]” by Fuchs, Mertens & Wermuth (1974), redesigned by neotype designation to “Tοtοkwelli, Liberia” by Shirley et al. (2018).

Combinations

• Crocodilus cataphractus Cuvier, 1824: 58 [original designation]
• Mecistops cataphractus — Gray, 1844: 57 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Cuvier, G.L. 1824. Recherches Sur Les Ossemens Fossiles. Vol. 5. 2eme. G. Dufour & E. d’Ocagne Libraries: Paris. 185 pp.

Additional references

• 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. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. cataphractus&species=26 October 2018 Mecistops cataphractus 26 October 2018. The Reptile Database.
• Shirley, M.H. 2014. IUCN: Mecistops cataphractus  (Critically Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014: e.T5660A3044332. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T5660A3044332.en

Vernacular names

English: West African Slender-snouted Crocodile