Alligator sinensis Fauvel 1879 (Chinese alligator)

Reptilia - Crocodylia - Alligatoridae

Belongs to Alligator according to J. P. Rio and P. D. Mannion 2021

See also Brochu 1999, Lang and Guilette 2002, 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 olseni, Alligator prenasalis, Alligator thomsoni

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of China (24 collections), Taiwan (1)

• Pliocene of Japan (1)

Total: 26 collections including 27 occurrences

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