Reptilia - Crocodylia - Alligatoridae
Full reference: J. Li and B. Wang. 1987. A new species of Alligator from Shanwang, Shandong. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 25(3):199-207
Belongs to Alligator according to J. Li and B. Wang 1987
Sister taxa: Alligator darwini, Alligator gaudryi, Alligator hailensis, Alligator hantoniensis, Alligator mcgrewi, Alligator mefferdi, Alligator mississippiensis, Alligator munensis, Alligator olseni, Alligator prenasalis, Alligator sinensis, Alligator thomsoni
Type specimen: LPM 850001, a partial skeleton (Partial skull and postcrania). Its type locality is Shanwang Bed sw2, Linchu district, Shantung province, which is in a Burdigalian lacustrine sandstone/mudstone in the Shanwang Formation of China.
Ecology: carnivore
Distribution: found only at Shanwang Bed sw2, Linchu district, Shantung province
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