Reptilia - Crocodylia - Alligatoridae
Full reference: T. E. White. 1942. A new alligator from the Miocene of Florida. Copeia 1942(1):3-7
Belongs to Alligator according to J. P. Rio and P. D. Mannion 2021
See also Brochu 1999, Snyder 2007 and White 1942
Sister taxa: Alligator darwini, Alligator gaudryi, Alligator hailensis, Alligator hantoniensis, Alligator heterodon, Alligator luicus, Alligator mcgrewi, Alligator mefferdi, Alligator mississippiensis, Alligator munensis, Alligator prenasalis, Alligator sinensis, Alligator thomsoni
Type specimen: M.C.Z. No. 1887, a skull (well preserved skull). Its type locality is Thomas Farm, which is in a Hemingfordian terrestrial sandstone/claystone in the Alachua Formation of Florida.
Ecology: carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (4: Florida, Texas collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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