Alternative combination: Crocodilus megarhinus
Full reference: C. W. Andrews. 1905. Notes on some new Crocodilia from the Eocene of Egypt. Geological Magazine 2(11):481-484
Belongs to Crocodylus according to E. Tchernov and J. Van Couvering 1978
Sister taxa: Crocodilus antiquus, Crocodilus articeps, Crocodilus clavirostris, Crocodilus clavis, Crocodilus depressifrons, Crocodilus grinnelli, Crocodilus humilis, Crocodilus liodon, Crocodilus proavus, Crocodilus stavelianus, Crocodilus vetustus, Crocodilus ziphodon, Crocodylus acutus, Crocodylus americanus, Crocodylus anthropophagus, Crocodylus antillensis, Crocodylus cataphractus, Crocodylus checchiai, Crocodylus depressifrons, Crocodylus gariepensis, Crocodylus moreletii, Crocodylus niloticus, Crocodylus palaeindicus, Crocodylus palustris, Crocodylus porosus, Crocodylus rhombifer, Crocodylus siamensis, Crocodylus thorbjarnarsoni
Type specimen: BMNH R 3327, a partial skull. Its type locality is NNW of Birket Qarun, which is in a Rupelian fluvial horizon in the Gebel Qatrani Formation of Egypt.