Eoalligator Young 1964 (early alligator)

Reptilia - Crocodylia

Full reference: C.-C. Young. 1964. New fossil crocodiles from China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 8:189-208

Parent taxon: Orientalosuchina according to H.-Y. Shan et al. 2021

See also Carroll 1988, Kuhn 1966, Massonne et al. 2019, Wang et al. 2016, Wu et al. 2018, Young 1964 and Young 1982

Sister taxa: Dongnanosuchus, Eurycephalosuchus, Jiangxisuchus, Krabisuchus, Orientalosuchus, Protoalligator

Subtaxa: Eoalligator chunyii

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Type: Eoalligator chunyii

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution:

• Paleocene of China (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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