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| Morelet's crocodile Temporal range: Late Pleistocene–Present,
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Archosauromorpha |
| Clade: | Archosauriformes |
| Order: | Crocodilia |
| Family: | Crocodylidae |
| Genus: | Crocodylus |
| Species: | C. moreletii
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| Range of Crocodylus moreletii | |
Morelet's crocodile (Crocodylus moreletii), also known as the Mexican crocodile or Belize crocodile, is a modest-sized crocodilian found only in the Atlantic regions of Mexico, Belize and Guatemala.[2][5] It usually grows to about 3 metres (10 ft) in length. It is a species at least concern for extinction according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature.[2] The species has a fossil record in Guatemala.[6]
- ^ Rio, Jonathan P.; Mannion, Philip D. (6 September 2021). "Phylogenetic analysis of a new morphological dataset elucidates the evolutionary history of Crocodylia and resolves the long-standing gharial problem". PeerJ. 9: e12094. doi:10.7717/peerj.12094. PMC 8428266. PMID 34567843.
- ^ a b c d Platt, S.G.; Sigler, L.; Rainwater, T.R.; Cedeño-Vázquez, J.R.; Villegas, A. (2023). "Crocodylus moreletii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2023: e.T5663A193672551. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T5663A193672551.en. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
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- ^ "Crocodylus moreletii ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ "Crocodilians species (CSG)". Archived from the original on 2009-07-26.
- ^ "Crocodylus moreletii Dumeril and Bibron 1851 (Morelet's crocodile)". PBDB.
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