Osteolaemus is a genus of crocodiles.[1][2][3] They are small, secretive crocodiles that occur in wetlands of West and Middle Africa. They are commonly known as the African dwarf crocodiles.[2] Unlike other crocodiles, Osteolaemus are strictly nocturnal.[3]
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species was originally described in a genus other than Osteolaemus. Molecular data suggest that Osteolaemus tetraspis consists of two lineages that would warrant...
characteristics that would justify a generic separation from Osteolaemus and referred the specimens to Osteolaemus osborni. In 1961, it was reduced to subspecies rank...
characteristics that would justify a generic separation from Osteolaemus and referred the specimens to Osteolaemus osborni. In 1961, it was reduced to subspecies rank...
robustus† (formerly Crocodylus robustus) Subfamily Osteolaeminae Genus OsteolaemusOsteolaemus tetraspis, dwarf crocodile (There has been controversy as to whether...
more in common with the extant Osteolaemus, or dwarf crocodile, than Crocodylus. Some features it shared with Osteolaemus include a depressed pterygoid...
than to Osteolaemus and the other members of Osteolaeminae, as shown in the cladogram below. Subfamily Osteolaeminae Genus OsteolaemusOsteolaemus osborni...
Genus Crocodylus: fourteen species Genus Mecistops: two species Genus Osteolaemus: two species Family Gavialidae (Gharial and false gharial) Genus Gavialis:...
Nile crocodile) and all crocodylians more closely related to it than to Osteolaemus tetraspis (the Dwarf crocodile). This is a stem-based definition, and...
The closest living relative of Brochuchus is Osteolaemus, the dwarf crocodile. Compared to Osteolaemus, which has a small body and blunt snout, Brochuchus...
basal member of Crocodylinae, more closely related to Crocodylus than to Osteolaemus and the other members of Osteolaeminae, as shown in the cladogram below...
from the original on 2012-02-18. Eaton, M.J. (2010). "Dwarf crocodile Osteolaemus tetraspis" (PDF). In Manolis, S.C.; C. Stevenson (eds.). Crocodiles:...
separate extinct taxa: Crocodilians range in size from the Paleosuchus and Osteolaemus species, which reach 1–1.5 m (3 ft 3 in – 4 ft 11 in), to the saltwater...
thought to be more closely related to the modern African dwarf crocodiles (Osteolaemus). The first fossil of Rimasuchus an incomplete skull with associated...
(2016-09-26). "Diet and body condition of cave-dwelling dwarf crocodiles (Osteolaemus tetraspis , Cope 1861) in Gabon". African Journal of Ecology. 55 (4):...
up to 97 cm (38 in)), is more closely related to the dwarf crocodile (Osteolaemus tetraspis) among living species. Two other fossil species from Africa...
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