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The 43 pages that link to Crocodylia, each with the reason it gives.

• BirdCompared with: Crocodilians are birds’ closest living relatives outside the bird lineage.

• SquamataCompared with: Crocodilians are a separate major reptile lineage with different skull and scale anatomy.

• ReptileBroader topic: Crocodilians are reptiles with four-chambered hearts and close evolutionary ties to birds.

• CrocodileNarrower topic: Crocodiles are one family within this broader group of living crocodilians.

• Temperature-dependent sex determinationNarrower topic: Crocodilians are a major vertebrate group in which incubation temperature commonly determines sex.

• LizardCompared with: Crocodilians are reptiles but belong to a distant lineage with different anatomy and ancestry.

• ArchosaurBroader topic: Living crocodilians represent the surviving pseudosuchian branch.

• Saltwater crocodileNarrower topic: The saltwater crocodile is one living member of this reptile order.

• CrocodylomorphaBroader topic: Living crocodilians belong to this nested subgroup of Crocodylomorpha.

• CrocodyliformesCompared with: Living crocodilians are only one surviving part of Crocodyliformes' much wider fossil diversity.

• SauropsidaBroader topic: Crocodilians are the surviving non-avian branch most closely related to birds.

• LepidosauriaCompared with: Crocodilians belong to Archosauria rather than Lepidosauria.

• ArchosauriformesBroader topic: Crocodilians are living archosauriforms within Archosauria.

• American crocodileNarrower topic: The American crocodile is one living member of this reptile order.

• CaimanNarrower topic: Caimans belong to this order alongside crocodiles, alligators, and gharials.

• CrocodylidaeNarrower topic: The shared term distinguishes the whole group from Crocodylidae alone.

• GharialNarrower topic: The gharial is one living member of this reptile order.

• AlligatorNarrower topic: Alligators are one branch of this broader group of semiaquatic reptiles.

• NotosuchiaCompared with: Notosuchians were extinct relatives, not members of the living crocodilian crown group.

• ArchosauromorphaBroader topic: Crocodilians preserve one of the two living branches of Archosauria.

• DeinosuchusNarrower topic: Deinosuchus shared the characteristic crocodilian body plan, including a long snout and armored body.

• SarcosuchusCompared with: Despite its crocodile-like appearance, Sarcosuchus lies outside this crown group.

• Chinese alligatorNarrower topic: This order supplies the broader evolutionary group to which the species belongs.

• Monitor lizardCompared with: Crocodilians share habitats and predatory roles with some monitors but are archosaurs, not lizards.

• Black caimanNarrower topic: The black caiman belongs to this ancient group of semiaquatic predators.

• Cuvier's dwarf caimanNarrower topic: Cuvier's dwarf caiman is a living member of this crocodilian order.

• EuparkeriaCompared with: Living crocodilians belong to Archosauria, unlike Euparkeria, which lies outside the crown group.

• False gharialNarrower topic: This broader grouping captures the false gharial’s shared body plan and ancestry.

• MetriorhynchidaeCompared with: Modern crocodilians are mostly semiaquatic, unlike fully marine metriorhynchids.

• PoposauroideaCompared with: Poposauroids were extinct relatives on the crocodile-line, not members of living crocodilians.

• ChoristoderaCompared with: Choristoderes were a separate reptile lineage despite the resemblance of some forms to crocodilians.

• EffigiaCompared with: Effigia was related to crocodilians, yet had a very different build and lifestyle.

• Evolution of reptilesBroader topic: Crocodilians are the closest living relatives of birds among extant reptiles.

• Freshwater crocodileNarrower topic: The freshwater crocodile belongs to this order of semiaquatic reptiles.

• KaprosuchusRelated: Living crocodilians provide a familiar comparison, but do not capture the full range of extinct crocodyliform body plans.

• SimosuchusCompared with: Living crocodilians provide a sharp contrast to the small, terrestrial-looking Simosuchus.

• BoverisuchusNarrower topic: Boverisuchus is an extinct member of this broader crocodylian group.

• Dwarf crocodileNarrower topic: The dwarf crocodile belongs to this broader group of living reptiles.

• MekosuchusRelated: Mekosuchus is commonly classified within Crocodylia.

• Mugger crocodileNarrower topic: The mugger is one of the order’s living crocodilians.

• StomatosuchidaeCompared with: Stomatosuchids were extinct crocodyliforms, not members of the living crocodilian group.

• TeleosauridaeCompared with: Living crocodilians differ from teleosaurids in ancestry, anatomy, and predominantly freshwater ecology.

• VoayNarrower topic: Voay belongs within this broader reptile group.