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between them. The Nile crocodile typically prefers large seasonal rivers in savannah or grassland, while the West
African crocodile generally prefers lagoons and wetlands in forested regions, at least where the two species may come into contact. The details of this probable segregations remains to be
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being smaller and more docile, making it easier to catch and tame. Herodotus also indicated that some
Egyptians kept crocodiles as pampered pets. In Sobek's temple in Arsinoe, a crocodile was kept in the pool of the temple, where it was fed, covered with jewelry, and worshipped. When the crocodiles
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have been recorded, including fatal ones. Mauritanian traditional peoples who live in close proximity to West
African crocodiles revere them and protect them from harm. This is due to their belief that, just as water is essential to crocodiles, so crocodiles are essential to the water, which would
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allowing it to be spotted easily through a flashlight. It is found to be active day and night. It can stay submerged underwater for more than 30 minutes, and can reach speeds of up to 30 km/h (19 mph) in short bursts. On land, it is often observed
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African crocodile only received wider recognition as a valid species in 2011. Consequently, captives have typically been confused with other species, especially the Nile crocodile. In Europe, breeding pairs of West African crocodiles live in
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is short and thick. The distance between the eyes and the tip of the muzzle is 1.5 to 2 times longer than the width of the muzzle at the level of the front edge of the eyes (1.2 to 1.5 times in case of juveniles). The coloration is generally
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waters. In comparison, the slender-snouted crocodile typically occupies rivers within forest interiors, while dwarf crocodiles are distributed in smaller rivers (mainly tributaries), streams and brooks also within forested areas.
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Sonhaye-Ouyé, Abré; Hounmavo, Amétépé; Assou, Delagnon; Afi Konko, Florence; Segniagbeto, Gabriel H.; Ketoh, Guillaume K.; Funk, Stephan M.; Dendi, Daniele; Luiselli, Luca; Fa, Julia E. (June 2022).
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Schmitz, A.; Mausfeld, P.; Hekkala, E.; Shine, T.; Nickel, H.; Amato, G. & Böhme, W. (2003). "Molecular evidence for species level divergence in
African Nile crocodiles
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Ziegler, T.; S. Hauswaldt & M. Vences (2015). "The necessity of genetic screening for proper management of captive crocodile populations based on the examples of
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Hekkala, E.; Gatesy, J.; Narechania, A.; Meredith, R.; Russello, M.; Aardema, M. L.; Jensen, E.; Montanari, S.; Brochu, C.; Norell, M.; Amato, G. (27 April 2021).
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were used to appease crocodiles in ancient Egypt, and even in modern times Nubian fishermen stuff and mount crocodiles over their doorsteps to ward against evil.
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permanently disappear if they were not there to inhabit it. Here the crocodiles live in apparent peace with the humans, and are not known to attack swimmers.
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wrote that the
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during the driest periods, leading to the alternative common name desert crocodile. When it rains, these desert crocodiles gather at
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testing has revealed that the two are not particularly close. The closest relatives of the Nile crocodile are the
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Molinaro, Holly Grace; Anderson, Gen S.; Gruny, Lauren; Sperou, Emily S.; Heard, Darryl J. (January 2022).
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confirmed for certain. In a study of habitat use by the three crocodile species in
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was known to be more docile than the Nile crocodile and was chosen by the ancient
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crocodile, or as a man with the head of a crocodile. The center of his worship was in the
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Kofron, C. P. (2009). "Status and habitats of the three
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Trape, Jean-François; Trape, Sébastien; Chirio, Laurent (2012).
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Trape, Jean-François; Trape, Sébastien; Chirio, Laurent (2012).
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species from the Americas, while the West African crocodile is
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until 2013–2014, when a DNA study confirmed its true identity
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of a mummified crocodile mother with juveniles on her back
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1620:"A Cultural Herpetology of Nile Crocodiles in Africa"
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2120:"Desert-Adapted Crocs Found in Africa"
1422:. Another major temple to Sobek is in
1748:Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
1113:A West African crocodile in captivity
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1651:Nile crocodile is two species
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3062:Madras Crocodile Bank Trust
2178:Journal of Tropical Ecology
2118:Mayell, H. (18 June 2002).
1768:10.1016/j.ympev.2011.03.026
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3057:List of crurotarsan genera
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2211:Sideleau, B.; Shirley, M.
2018:African Journal of Ecology
1867:10.1038/s42003-021-02017-0
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1387:, grotto of Samoun, and
1323:Relationship with humans
1220:Central African Republic
1158:Distribution and habitat
3303:Reptiles of West Africa
3085:Fatal alligator attacks
2834:Mecistops leptorhynchus
2602:Smooth-fronted caiman (
2593:Cuvier's dwarf caiman (
627:Crocodylus novaeguineae
518:Crocodylus palaeindicus
37:West African crocodile
3313:Crocodilians of Africa
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2731:New Guinea crocodile (
2704:Philippine crocodile (
2695:Freshwater crocodile (
2536:Broad-snouted caiman (
1854:Communications Biology
1813:10.1098/rspb.2018.1071
1578:Comptes Rendus Palevol
1559:, The Reptile Database
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871:West African crocodile
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1574:Crocodylus niloticus
1531:"Appendices | CITES"
951:Crocodylus rhombifer
932:Crocodylus moreletii
893:Crocodylus niloticus
812:Crocodylus checchiai
745:Crocodylus palustris
721:Crocodylus siamensis
650:Philippine crocodile
631:New Guinea crocodile
600:freshwater crocodile
596:Crocodylus johnstoni
3308:Fauna of the Sahara
2974:Reptiles portal
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2686:Orinoco crocodile (
2527:Spectacled caiman (
2482:Chinese alligator (
2475:A. mississippiensis
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2072:Animal Conservation
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694:saltwater crocodile
250:C. niloticus suchus
65:Conservation status
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903:
886:
860:
837:
817:
804:
797:
755:
749:mugger crocodile
731:
714:
700:
683:
620:
606:
589:
582:
574:
542:
523:
510:
487:
467:
454:
447:
440:
421:
408:
398:
361:based on a 2018
269:sacred crocodile
265:desert crocodile
227:
163:Archosauriformes
150:Archosauromorpha
98:
97:
77:
46:
34:
21:
3333:
3332:
3328:
3327:
3326:
3324:
3323:
3322:
3283:
3282:
3281:
3276:
3268:
3263:
3255:
3250:
3242:
3237:
3229:
3224:
3216:
3211:
3203:
3198:
3190:
3185:
3177:
3172:
3163:
3162:
3157:
3148:
3147:
3142:
3129:
3119:
3114:
3110:Sewer alligator
3100:Crocodile tears
3077:
3071:
3030:
3012:
2982:
2977:
2968:
2966:
2951:
2943:False gharial (
2927:
2899:
2873:
2840:
2805:
2793:
2733:C. novaeguineae
2639:
2610:
2577:
2553:
2545:Yacare caiman (
2505:
2504:
2502:
2490:
2451:
2450:
2448:
2436:
2419:
2415:Crocodylomorpha
2381:
2374:
2344:
2343:
2321:
2320:
2316:
2301:
2300:
2296:
2286:
2284:
2267:
2266:
2262:
2252:
2250:
2249:on 25 July 2017
2241:
2240:
2236:
2226:
2224:
2210:
2209:
2205:
2175:
2174:
2170:
2144:
2143:
2139:
2129:
2127:
2126:on 22 July 2018
2117:
2116:
2109:
2065:
2064:
2055:
2011:
2010:
2006:
1960:
1959:
1955:
1948:
1933:
1932:
1928:
1921:
1906:
1905:
1901:
1847:
1846:
1839:
1791:
1790:
1783:
1741:
1740:
1736:
1723:
1722:
1715:
1673:
1672:
1657:
1649:
1645:
1617:
1616:
1605:
1571:
1570:
1563:
1553:
1549:
1539:
1537:
1529:
1528:
1524:
1519:
1466:
1338:
1325:
1300:slender-snouted
1178:, and south to
1160:
1107:
1105:Characteristics
1102:
1093:
1084:
1075:
1066:
1057:
1048:
1039:
1030:
971:
955:Cuban crocodile
913:New World
847:
783:
774:
765:
670:
661:
577:Asia+Australia
561:
552:
497:
299:
235:
229:
223:
210:
92:
84:
67:
30:
23:
22:
15:
12:
11:
5:
3331:
3329:
3321:
3320:
3318:Apex predators
3315:
3310:
3305:
3300:
3295:
3285:
3284:
3278:
3277:
3275:
3274:
3261:
3248:
3235:
3222:
3209:
3196:
3183:
3170:
3155:
3139:
3137:
3131:
3130:
3125:
3116:
3115:
3113:
3112:
3107:
3102:
3097:
3095:Crocodile farm
3092:
3087:
3081:
3079:
3073:
3072:
3070:
3069:
3064:
3059:
3054:
3049:
3044:
3038:
3036:
3032:
3031:
3013:
3011:
3010:
3003:
2996:
2988:
2979:
2978:
2964:
2961:
2960:
2957:
2956:
2953:
2952:
2950:
2949:
2939:
2937:
2929:
2928:
2926:
2925:
2915:
2913:
2901:
2900:
2894:
2887:
2886:
2883:
2882:
2879:
2878:
2875:
2874:
2872:
2871:
2862:
2852:
2850:
2842:
2841:
2839:
2838:
2829:
2819:
2817:
2806:
2799:
2798:
2795:
2794:
2792:
2791:
2782:
2773:
2764:
2755:
2746:
2737:
2728:
2719:
2710:
2706:C. mindorensis
2701:
2692:
2688:C. intermedius
2683:
2674:
2664:
2662:
2651:
2641:
2640:
2631:
2624:
2623:
2620:
2619:
2616:
2615:
2612:
2611:
2609:
2608:
2599:
2595:P. palpebrosus
2589:
2587:
2579:
2578:
2576:
2575:
2569:Black caiman (
2565:
2563:
2555:
2554:
2552:
2551:
2542:
2538:C. latirostris
2533:
2523:
2521:
2510:
2496:
2495:
2492:
2491:
2489:
2488:
2479:
2469:
2467:
2456:
2438:
2437:
2428:
2421:
2420:
2418:
2417:
2411:
2405:
2399:
2393:
2386:
2383:
2382:
2375:
2373:
2372:
2365:
2358:
2350:
2342:
2341:
2328:C. mindorensis
2314:
2294:
2260:
2245:Archived from
2234:
2203:
2184:(3): 265–273.
2168:
2137:
2107:
2078:(4): 322–330.
2053:
2024:(2): 153–164.
2004:
1953:
1946:
1926:
1919:
1899:
1837:
1781:
1754:(1): 183–191.
1734:
1713:
1655:
1643:
1630:(4): 391–405.
1603:
1561:
1547:
1521:
1520:
1518:
1515:
1487:Copenhagen Zoo
1478:Nile crocodile
1474:Copenhagen Zoo
1465:
1462:
1429:Historically,
1416:Crocodilopolis
1404:Middle Kingdom
1393:Qubbet el-Hawa
1351:The people of
1337:
1334:
1324:
1321:
1168:Central Africa
1159:
1156:
1152:Nile crocodile
1106:
1103:
1099:
1098:
1095:
1094:
1090:
1089:
1086:
1085:
1081:
1080:
1077:
1076:
1072:
1071:
1068:
1067:
1063:
1062:
1059:
1058:
1054:
1053:
1050:
1049:
1045:
1044:
1041:
1040:
1036:
1035:
1032:
1031:
1027:
1026:
1023:
1022:
1006:
1003:
1002:
999:
998:
987:
982:
980:
977:
976:
973:
972:
968:
967:
964:
963:
947:
944:
943:
940:
939:
928:
923:
921:
916:
914:
910:
909:
906:
905:
897:Nile crocodile
889:
884:
882:
879:
878:
875:
874:
863:
858:
856:
853:
852:
849:
848:
844:
843:
840:
839:
827:
824:
823:
820:
819:
807:
802:
800:
795:
793:
789:
788:
785:
784:
780:
779:
776:
775:
771:
770:
767:
766:
762:
761:
758:
757:
741:
738:
737:
734:
733:
717:
712:
710:
707:
706:
703:
702:
686:
681:
679:
676:
675:
672:
671:
667:
666:
663:
662:
658:
657:
654:
653:
642:
639:
638:
635:
634:
623:
618:
616:
613:
612:
609:
608:
592:
587:
585:
580:
578:
572:
570:
567:
566:
563:
562:
558:
557:
554:
553:
549:
548:
545:
544:
533:
530:
529:
526:
525:
513:
508:
506:
503:
502:
499:
498:
494:
493:
490:
489:
477:
474:
473:
470:
469:
457:
452:
450:
445:
443:
438:
436:
428:
427:
424:
423:
411:
406:
404:
396:
371:DNA sequencing
319:Nile crocodile
298:
295:
287:Nile crocodile
255:
254:
253:
252:
244:
243:
237:
236:
230:
219:
218:
212:
211:
207:C. suchus
204:
202:
198:
197:
190:
186:
185:
180:
176:
175:
170:
166:
165:
160:
153:
152:
147:
140:
139:
134:
130:
129:
124:
120:
119:
114:
110:
109:
104:
100:
99:
86:
85:
72:
69:
68:
63:
60:
59:
48:
47:
39:
38:
28:
24:
14:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
3330:
3319:
3316:
3314:
3311:
3309:
3306:
3304:
3301:
3299:
3296:
3294:
3291:
3290:
3288:
3271:
3266:
3262:
3258:
3253:
3249:
3245:
3240:
3236:
3232:
3227:
3223:
3219:
3214:
3210:
3206:
3201:
3197:
3193:
3188:
3184:
3180:
3175:
3171:
3166:
3160:
3156:
3151:
3145:
3141:
3140:
3138:
3136:
3132:
3128:
3123:
3111:
3108:
3106:
3103:
3101:
3098:
3096:
3093:
3091:
3088:
3086:
3083:
3082:
3080:
3074:
3068:
3065:
3063:
3060:
3058:
3055:
3053:
3050:
3048:
3045:
3043:
3040:
3039:
3037:
3033:
3029:
3025:
3021:
3017:
3009:
3004:
3002:
2997:
2995:
2990:
2989:
2986:
2976:
2975:
2962:
2948:
2946:
2945:T. schlegelii
2941:
2940:
2938:
2936:
2935:
2930:
2924:
2922:
2921:G. gangeticus
2917:
2916:
2914:
2912:
2911:
2906:
2902:
2898:
2892:
2888:
2870:
2868:
2863:
2861:
2859:
2854:
2853:
2851:
2849:
2848:
2843:
2837:
2835:
2830:
2828:
2826:
2821:
2820:
2818:
2816:
2815:
2810:
2807:
2804:
2803:Osteolaeminae
2800:
2790:
2788:
2783:
2781:
2779:
2774:
2772:
2770:
2765:
2763:
2761:
2756:
2754:
2752:
2747:
2745:
2743:
2738:
2736:
2734:
2729:
2727:
2725:
2720:
2718:
2716:
2711:
2709:
2707:
2702:
2700:
2698:
2693:
2691:
2689:
2684:
2682:
2680:
2675:
2673:
2671:
2666:
2665:
2663:
2661:
2660:
2655:
2652:
2650:
2646:
2642:
2635:
2629:
2625:
2607:
2605:
2604:P. trigonatus
2600:
2598:
2596:
2591:
2590:
2588:
2586:
2585:
2580:
2574:
2572:
2567:
2566:
2564:
2562:
2561:
2556:
2550:
2548:
2543:
2541:
2539:
2534:
2532:
2530:
2529:C. crocodilus
2525:
2524:
2522:
2520:
2519:
2514:
2511:
2501:
2497:
2487:
2485:
2480:
2478:
2476:
2471:
2470:
2468:
2466:
2465:
2460:
2457:
2447:
2446:Alligatorinae
2443:
2439:
2432:
2431:Alligatoridae
2426:
2422:
2416:
2412:
2410:
2406:
2404:
2400:
2398:
2394:
2392:
2388:
2387:
2384:
2379:
2371:
2366:
2364:
2359:
2357:
2352:
2351:
2348:
2338:(4): 123–127.
2337:
2333:
2329:
2325:
2318:
2315:
2311:
2307:
2306:
2298:
2295:
2283:
2279:
2275:
2271:
2264:
2261:
2248:
2244:
2238:
2235:
2222:
2218:
2214:
2207:
2204:
2199:
2195:
2191:
2187:
2183:
2179:
2172:
2169:
2164:
2160:
2156:
2152:
2148:
2141:
2138:
2125:
2121:
2114:
2112:
2108:
2103:
2099:
2094:
2089:
2085:
2081:
2077:
2073:
2069:
2062:
2060:
2058:
2054:
2049:
2045:
2040:
2035:
2031:
2027:
2023:
2019:
2015:
2008:
2005:
2000:
1996:
1991:
1986:
1981:
1976:
1972:
1968:
1964:
1957:
1954:
1949:
1943:
1939:
1938:
1930:
1927:
1922:
1916:
1912:
1911:
1903:
1900:
1895:
1891:
1886:
1881:
1877:
1873:
1868:
1863:
1859:
1855:
1851:
1844:
1842:
1838:
1833:
1829:
1824:
1819:
1814:
1809:
1805:
1801:
1800:
1795:
1788:
1786:
1782:
1777:
1773:
1769:
1765:
1761:
1757:
1753:
1749:
1745:
1738:
1735:
1730:
1727:
1720:
1718:
1714:
1709:
1705:
1701:
1697:
1693:
1689:
1685:
1681:
1677:
1670:
1668:
1666:
1664:
1662:
1660:
1656:
1652:
1647:
1644:
1638:
1633:
1629:
1625:
1621:
1614:
1612:
1610:
1608:
1604:
1599:
1595:
1591:
1587:
1584:(8): 703–12.
1583:
1579:
1575:
1568:
1566:
1562:
1558:
1557:
1551:
1548:
1536:
1532:
1526:
1523:
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1514:
1512:
1508:
1504:
1500:
1496:
1492:
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1479:
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1413:
1409:
1405:
1401:
1396:
1394:
1390:
1386:
1382:
1378:
1374:
1370:
1366:
1362:
1358:
1354:
1353:ancient Egypt
1346:
1342:
1335:
1333:
1330:
1322:
1320:
1317:
1313:
1309:
1305:
1301:
1296:
1292:
1288:
1284:
1280:
1275:
1273:
1269:
1265:
1261:
1257:
1253:
1249:
1245:
1241:
1237:
1233:
1229:
1225:
1221:
1217:
1213:
1209:
1205:
1201:
1197:
1196:Guinea-Bissau
1193:
1189:
1185:
1181:
1177:
1173:
1169:
1165:
1157:
1155:
1153:
1148:
1146:
1141:
1137:
1133:
1129:
1125:
1120:
1111:
1104:
1097:
1096:
1088:
1087:
1079:
1078:
1070:
1069:
1061:
1060:
1052:
1051:
1043:
1042:
1034:
1033:
1025:
1024:
1021:
1019:
1015:
1011:
1005:
1004:
1001:
1000:
997:
996:
992:
986:
985:
979:
978:
975:
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960:
956:
952:
946:
945:
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938:
937:
933:
927:
926:
920:
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911:
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904:
902:
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894:
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887:
881:
880:
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872:
868:
862:
861:
855:
854:
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842:
841:
838:
834:
833:
826:
825:
822:
821:
818:
814:
813:
806:
805:
799:
798:
791:
790:
787:
786:
778:
777:
769:
768:
760:
759:
756:
754:
750:
746:
740:
739:
736:
735:
732:
730:
726:
722:
716:
715:
709:
708:
705:
704:
701:
699:
695:
691:
685:
684:
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677:
674:
673:
665:
664:
656:
655:
652:
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621:
615:
614:
611:
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591:
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584:
583:
576:
575:
569:
568:
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564:
556:
555:
547:
546:
543:
539:Tirari Desert
538:
532:
531:
528:
527:
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519:
512:
511:
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410:
409:
403:
400:
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395:
393:
392:
387:
386:paleogenomics
384:
380:
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375:stratigraphic
372:
369:, molecular (
368:
367:morphological
364:
360:
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266:
262:
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248:
247:
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128:
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122:
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118:
115:
112:
111:
108:
105:
102:
101:
96:
91:
87:
81:
75:
70:
66:
61:
58:
54:
49:
45:
40:
35:
32:
27:
19:
3293:Crocodylidae
3134:
2965:
2944:
2932:
2920:
2908:
2866:
2858:O. tetraspis
2857:
2845:
2833:
2824:
2812:
2786:
2784:
2778:C. siamensis
2777:
2769:C. rhombifer
2768:
2759:
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3287:Categories
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2760:C. raninus
2751:C. porosus
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