Genus: Mecistops GRAY, 1844
Etymology: Greek, mekist, “longest” and Greek, opsis, “aspect, appearance.”

Species: cataphractus (CUVIER, 1824) GRAY, 1844 (Living)
Etymology: Greek, kataphraktos, "clad in armor."
( Long-snouted West African Crocodile, African slender-snouted crocodile, Cocodrilo hociquifino africano, Crocodile à museau allongé d Afrique, Crocodile à museau étroit, Faux-gavial d'Afrique, Long-snouted West-African crocodile, African gharial, Panzer crocodile, Long-nosed crocodile, African sharp-nosed crocodile, Faux gavial africain, Loricate crocodile, Subwater crocodile, Khinh, Cabinda)

Locality: Ranging from Senegal to Gabon and the Congo, Africa.

= Crocodilus cataphractus CUVIER, 1824
Etymology:
= Crocodilus leptorhynchus BENNET, 1835
Etymology:
= Champse cataphracta WERNER, 1933
Etymology:

Referred material:

ARAMBOURG, 1947

Locality: Omo Valley, Ethiopia, West Africa.

Horizon:

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Pleistocene Epoch, Upper Quaternary Subera, Upper Cenozoic Era.

Material:

Number: Not given: 2 skulls, a fragmentary mandible and isolated teeth.

 

= Crocodylus cataphractus STORRS, 2003

Locality: Lothagam, Kenya.

Horizon: Lower Nawata Formation.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Late Miocene Epoch, Lower Neogene Period, Upper Tertiary Subera, Middle Cenozoic Era,- Pliocene Epoch, Boundary Upper Neogene Period, Lower Quaternary Subera, Upper Cenozoic Era.

Material:

KNM-LT 22966: Right mandible.

JOLEAUD, 1930

Locality:

Horizon:

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Age:

Material:

Number: Not given: Imperfect mandibular ramus.

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Species: leptorhynchus (BENNET, 1835) SHIRLEY, CARR, NESTLER, VLIET, & BROCHU, 2018 (Living)
= Crocodilus leptorhynchus BENNET, 1835

Species: Nova? Mecistops Central-Congo lac tele SHIRLEY, VLIET, CARR & AUSTIN, 2013 (Living)

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Species: Nova? Mecistops Central Babon bateke SHIRLEY, VLIET, CARR & AUSTIN, 2013 (Living)
Species: Nova? Mecistops Central-Gabon ogooue SHIRLEY, VLIET, CARR & AUSTIN, 2013 (Living)
Species: Nova? Mecistops Cenral DRC Lomami SHIRLEY, VLIET, CARR & AUSTIN, 2013 (Living)
Species: Nova? Mecistops Central Lake Tanganyika SHIRLEY, VLIET, CARR & AUSTIN, 2013 (Living)
Species: Nova? Mecistops West Cote d’Ivoire SHIRLEY, VLIET, CARR & AUSTIN, 2013 (3 species?) (Living)
Species: Nova? Mecistops West Gambia SHIRLEY, VLIET, CARR & AUSTIN, 2013 (2 species?) (Living)