Alligator sinensis Fauvel 1879 (Chinese alligator)
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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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