Mecistops information

Mecistops; Temporal range: Miocene – Recent, 11.6–0 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	West African slender-snouted crocodile
	Central African slender-snouted crocodile
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Clade:	Archosauromorpha
Clade:	Archosauriformes
Order:	Crocodilia
Family:	Crocodylidae
Subfamily:	Osteolaeminae
Genus:	Mecistops; Gray, 1844
Species
	Mecistops cataphractus; Mecistops leptorhynchus;
	Range map

Mecistops is a genus of crocodiles, the slender-snouted crocodiles, native to sub-Saharan Africa.

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