Crocodylia
Crocodylia is an order of large reptiles that branched off of from class Reptilia about 220 million years ago.
- Order CROCODYLIA
- Suborder: Eusuchia
- Family: Crocodylidae
- Subfamily: Crocodylinae
- American Crocodile Crocodylus acutus
- Slender-snouted Crocodile Crocodylus cataphractus
- Orinoco Crocodile Crocodylus intermedius
- Australian Freshwater Crocodile Crocodylus johnstoni
- Philippine Crocodile Crocodylus mindorensis
- Morelet's Crocodile Crocodylus moreletii
- Nile Crocodile Crocodylus niloticus
- New Guinea Crocodile Crocodylus novaeguineae
- Mugger/Marsh Crocodile Crocodylus palustris
- Estuarine/Saltwater Crocodile Crocodylus porosus
- Cuban Crocodile Crocodylus rhombifer
- Siamese Crocodile Crocodylus siamensis
- Dwarf Crocodile Osteolaemus tetraspis
- False Gharial/Gavial Tomistoma schlegelii
- Subfamily: Alligatorinae (alligators and caimans)
- American Alligator Alligator mississippiensis
- Chinese Alligator Alligator sinensis
- Common Caiman Caiman crocodilus
- Bespectacled Caiman Caiman crocodilus crocodilus
- Brown Caiman Caiman crocodilus fuscus
- Rio Apaporis Caiman Caiman crocodilus apaporiensis
- Yacare Caiman Caiman crocodilus yacare
- Broad-snouted Caiman Caiman latirostros
- Cuvier's Smooth-fronted Caiman Paleosuchus palpebrosus
- Scheider's Smooth-fronted Caiman Paleosuchus trigonuatus
- Black Caiman Melanosuchus niger
- Subfamily: Gavialinae (Gavial)
Extinct suborders and families
Suborder: Eusuchia (one family living, see above)
- Family: Stomatosuchidae
- Family: Hylaeochampsidae
- Family: Bernissartiidae
- Family: Stomatosuchidae
- Family: Crocodylidae
Suborder: Protosuchia
- Family: Protosuchidae
- Family: Sphenosuchidae
Suborder: Mesosuchia
- Family: Atoposauridae
- Family: Goniopholidae
- Family: Paralligatoridae
- Family: Notosuchidae
- Family: Libycosuchidae
- Family: Sphagesauridae
- Family: Hsisosuchidae
- Family: Teleosauridae
- Family: Pholidosauridae
- Family: Congosauridae
Suborder: Sebecosuchia
- Family: Baurusuchidae
- Family: Sebecidae
Suborder: Thalattosuchia
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