Alligator hailensis Stout 2020 (alligator)

Reptilia - Crocodylia - Alligatoridae

Full reference: J. B. Stout. 2020. New early Pleistocene Alligator (Eusuchia: Crocodylia) from Florida bridges a gap in Alligator evolution. Zootaxa 4868(1):41-60

Belongs to Alligator according to J. B. Stout 2020

Sister taxa: Alligator darwini, Alligator gaudryi, Alligator hantoniensis, Alligator luicus, Alligator mcgrewi, Alligator mefferdi, Alligator mississippiensis, Alligator munensis, Alligator olseni, Alligator prenasalis, Alligator sinensis, Alligator thomsoni

Type specimen: UF 224688, a partial skeleton (Complete skull and most of the postcranial skeleton). Its type locality is Haile 7C, which is in a Pleistocene terrestrial horizon in Florida.

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of United States (2: Florida collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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