Reptilia - Crocodylia - Alligatoridae

Synonyms: Crocodilus brauniorum von Meyer 1843, Crocodilus bruchi von Meyer 1843, Crocodilus medius von Meyer 1843, Crocodilus rahti von Meyer 1843, Crocodylus ebertsi Ludwig 1877, Diplocynodon ebertsi Ludwig 1877

Full reference: R. Ludwig. 1877. Fossile Crocodiliden aus der Tertiärformation des Mainzer Beckens. Palaeontographica Supplement 3:1-52

Belongs to Alligator according to R. Ludwig 1877

See also Brochu 1999, Delfino and Smith 2012, Martin 2010, Puértolas et al. 2011 and Rio et al. 2020

Sister taxa: Alligator gaudryi, Alligator hailensis, Alligator hantoniensis, Alligator luicus, Alligator mcgrewi, Alligator mefferdi, Alligator mississippiensis, Alligator munensis, Alligator olseni, Alligator prenasalis, Alligator sinensis, Alligator thomsoni

Type specimens:

• Alligator darwini: Its type locality is Grube Messel Pit (Museum Darmstadt Collection), which is in a MP 11 crater lake claystone in the Messel Formation of Germany
• Crocodilus brauniorum: Its type locality is Weisenau, which is in an Oligocene/MN 1 fluvial horizon in Germany.
• Crocodilus bruchi: Its type locality is Weisenau, which is in an Oligocene/MN 1 fluvial horizon in Germany.
• Crocodilus medius: Its type locality is Weisenau, which is in an Oligocene/MN 1 fluvial horizon in Germany.
• Crocodilus rahti: Its type locality is Weisenau, which is in an Oligocene/MN 1 fluvial horizon in Germany.
• Crocodylus ebertsi:

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution:

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.