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Crocodyloidea

Taxonomy
Crocodyloidea was named by Deraniyagala (1939) [almost certainly first used by Deraniyagala; could be attributed to Owen 1842 based on principle of coordination; also falsely attributed to Cuvier 1807 and Fitzinger 1826]. It is extant.

It was reranked as the unranked clade Crocodyloidea by Salisbury and Willis (1996), Salisbury et al. (2006), Brochu (2007) and Brochu et al. (2009).

It was assigned to Brevirostres by Salisbury et al. (2006); to Crocodylia by Salisbury and Willis (1996), Brochu (2007) and Brochu et al. (2009); and to Eusuchia by Martin et al. (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1939Crocodyloidea Deraniyagala
1996Crocodyloidea Salisbury and Willis
2006Crocodyloidea Salisbury et al. p. 2444
2007Crocodyloidea Brochu p. 919
2009Crocodyloidea Brochu et al. p. 538
2010Crocodyloidea Martin et al.

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