Crocodilia. Medical search. Frequent questions

Yacara caiman is scientifically classified in Reptilia class in the Crocodilia order. (worldatlas.com)

The order Crocodilia includes the true crocodiles (family Crocodylidae), the alligators and caimans (family Alligatoridae), and the gharial and false gharial (family Gavialidae). (wikipedia.org)
Crocodile is the common name for any species belonging to the reptile family Crocodylidae (order Crocodilia). (newworldencyclopedia.org)
The term also is used to refer to all members of the order Crocodilia, a group that includes the "true crocodiles" (family Crocodylidae), the alligators and caimans (family Alligatoridae ), and the gharials (family Gavialidae), as well as the Crocodylomorpha, which includes prehistoric crocodile relatives and ancestors. (newworldencyclopedia.org)

Crocodilia (or Crocodylia, both /krɒkəˈdɪliə/) is an order of mostly large, predatory, semiaquatic reptiles known as crocodilians. (wikipedia.org)
Under its current definition as a crown group (as opposed to a stem-based group), Crocodylia is now restricted to only the last common ancestor of today's modern-day crocodilians (alligators, crocodiles, and gharials) and all of its descendants (living or extinct). (wikipedia.org)
In Tears for Crocodilia: Evolution, Ecology, and the Disappearance of One of the World's Most Ancient Animals , Fitzner tracks the evolution of crocodilians from prehistoric predators to modern endangered wildlife, using his own experiences with these reptiles as a lens to understanding wildlife conservation and our relationship with the natural world. (sandmanbooks.com)
They're both "crocodilians," members of the order of reptiles known as the Crocodilia. (chicagoreader.com)

Shortly after, Wermuth opted for Crocodylia as the proper name for this redescribed group, basing it on the type genus Crocodylus (Laurenti, 1768). (wikipedia.org)
The group is often spelled Crocodylia for consistency with the genus Crocodylus Laurenti, 1768. (newworldencyclopedia.org)

Prior to 1988, Crocodilia (also called Crocodylia) was a group that encompassed the modern-day animals, as well as their more distant relatives now in the larger groups called Crocodylomorpha and Pseudosuchia. (wikipedia.org)
In the years since its first publication in 1988, Crocodilia has become a cult classic, and for this new edition the author has expanded and developed the novel further, presenting it now - for the first time - as it was always intended. (valancourtbooks.com)

Crocodilia appears to be a Latinizing of the Greek κροκόδειλος (crocodeilos), which means both lizard and Nile crocodile. (wikipedia.org)
crocodile, (order Crocodylia, or Crocodilia), any of 23 species of generally large, ponderous, amphibious animals of lizard-like appearance and carnivorous habit belonging to the reptile order Crocodylia. (britannica.com)

Tears for Crocodilia is an invocation for all endangered species and it is refreshing to see that Fitzner also asks important questions about whether mainstream conservation is adequate to provide for the survival of these amazing sentient nonhuman beings. (sandmanbooks.com)

El resultado final consistirá en una base de datos con el inventario de las aves, reptiles y crustáceos terrestres. (gbif.org)

Crocodilia is an order of large reptiles that appeared about 84 million years ago in the late Cretaceous period. (newworldencyclopedia.org)

Tears for Crocodilia is a fascinating and compassionate exploration of the natural and cultural history and conservation and ethics surrounding this ancient and powerful lineage of reptiles. (sandmanbooks.com)

Crocodilia and Crocodylia have been used interchangeably for decades starting with Schmidt's redescription of the group from the formerly defunct term Loricata. (wikipedia.org)

Dundee-in a revision of many reptilian and amphibian names-argued strongly for Crocodylia to be the spelling for the group. (wikipedia.org)

Under its current definition as a crown group (as opposed to a stem-based group), Crocodylia is now restricted to only the last common ancestor of today's modern-day crocodilians (alligators, crocodiles, and gharials) and all of its descendants (living or extinct). (wikipedia.org)
The Order Crocodilia is divided up into Crocodiles, Alligators, and Gharials. (untamedscience.com)
Alligators and crocodiles belong to Crocodilia, which consists of 23 species. (johnnyholland.org)
dead worked specimens of crocodiles (Crocodylia spp. (gov.si)
Because Nile crocodiles remain in the same territory throughout their entire lives, human encroachment can be a fatal disturbance when their territories are taken over, crocodiles try to find a new home, but often die en route. (wildmag.net)

Shortly after, Wermuth opted for Crocodylia as the proper name for this redescribed group, basing it on the type genus Crocodylus (Laurenti, 1768). (wikipedia.org)
Yn grutte rinne se útinoar fan 'e minuskule dwerchgekko ( Sphaerodactylus ariasae ), dy't 17 mm lang wurdt, oant de seekrokkedil ( Crocodylus pororus ), dy't in lingte fan 6 m en in gewicht fan mear as in ton berikke kin. (wikipedia.org)

The term is sometimes used to refer to all extant members of the order Crocodilia, which includes alligators and caimans (family Alligatoridae), gharials, and false gharials (family Gavialidae), and all other Crocodylomorpha, both living and extinct. (vedantu.com)

The reptiles (Testudines, Squamata, Crocodylia) of the forested southeast of the Republic Guinea (Guinée forestière), with a country-wide checklist. (reptarium.cz)

There are three families of Crocodilia, with 23 species total. (wixsite.com)
A new species of Theriosuchus (Atoposauridae, Crocodilia) from the Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) of Guimarota, Portugal. (museumfuernaturkunde.berlin)

Therefore, despite their apparent morphological similarities, both mean values and scaling patterns suggest that considerable diversity exists in the locomotor apparatus of extant Crocodylia. (rvc.ac.uk)

Perhaps it's not all that widely appreciated that several members of Crocodylia (that's the taxonomic order, not a thrash metal band) are quite partial to a bit of fruit now and again. (improbable.com)

The phylogenetic relationships within crown Crocodylia remain contentious due to conflicts between molecular and morphological hypotheses. (bvsalud.org)

Crocodilia appears to be a Latinizing of the Greek κροκόδειλος (crocodeilos), which means both lizard and Nile crocodile. (wikipedia.org)