Reptilia - Crocodylia - Alligatoridae

Alternative combination: Allognathosuchus brachymanus

Full reference: B. R. Erickson. 1982. Wannaganosuchus, a new alligator from the Paleocene of North America. Journal of Paleontology 56(2):492-506

Belongs to Wannaganosuchus according to C. A. Brochu 1999

See also Erickson 1982, Farke et al. 2014 and Sullivan et al. 1988

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: SMM P76.28.247, a skull (essentially complete skull). Its type locality is Wannagan Creek Quarry, which is in a Tiffanian mire/swamp shale/shale in the Bullion Creek Formation of North Dakota.

Ecology: planktonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Wannagan Creek Quarry

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.