CROCODILUS. 57 



Fos. of Manheim in Franconia. Length 38 ", length of 

 head 10| , of tail 19^"- The original specimen described by 

 the late Dr. Soemmering is in the British Museum. 



I. Gavialis Lamourouxil, n. 



Gavial de Caen. Cuv. Os. Fos- v. 127, t. 7, f. 1, 5, 

 13, 14. 



Var. De la Jura, Cuv. Os. Fos. v. 141, t. 7, f, 6, et 8. 



Fos. in the quarry near Caen in Calvados. 



This forms the genus Teleosaiirus, GeofF., Mem. du Mus. 

 d'Hist. Nat. xii,, 1 39. The following two species constitute 

 the genus Steneosaurus of the same author. 



c. Gavialis Bacheleti. 



Gavial de Hoiifleur n. 1 a museau plus allonge, Cuv. Os. 

 Fos, V. 143, t. 10, f. 1, 4, t. 8, f. 8, t. 6, 10, 15, t. 10, f. 8. 

 10, t. 8, f. 9, 13, t. 9, f. 3, 12. In the lias of Honfleur and 

 Havre. 



Steneosaurus rostro-major, GeofF. Mem, du Mus. d'Hist. 

 Nat. xii. 147. 



d. Gavialis Jurinii. 



Gavial de Hovfieur n. 2. a museau plus court, Cuv. Os. 

 Fos. V. 525. t. 10, f. 5, 7, t. 8, f. 6, 7, t. 8, f. 1, 2, cop. 

 of Lubeck Lithog. t. 



Steneosaurus rostro-minor, GeofF, Mem. du Mus. d'Hist. 

 Nat. xii. 149. 



Gen, n. CROCODILUS, Auct. {Crocodile.) 



Rostrum oblongum depressum ; dentes insequales, canina 

 inferiore utrinque in fissura maxillae superioris recondenda. 



Most naturalists have used the generic name of Croco- 

 dilus for the true Crocodiles, but Merrem having applied it 

 to the whole group has given the name of Ciiampsis to this 

 section ; they only difFer from the Gavials in the head 

 being short and depressed instead of long and slender. They 

 have the same fully webbed and fringed feet. 



The species of this genus have an extensive distribution, 

 and are found in the warmer parts of both Continents. 



1. Crocodilus vulgaris, {Common Crocodile). Rostro 



