Protoalligator Wang et al. 2016 (crocodilian)

Reptilia - Crocodylia

Full reference: Y.-Y. Wang, C. Sullivan, and J. Liu. 2016. Taxonomic revision of Eoalligator (Crocodylia, Brevirostres) and the paleogeographic origins of the Chinese alligatoroids. PeerJ 4:e2356:1-43

Parent taxon: Orientalosuchina according to H.-Y. Shan et al. 2021

See also Massonne et al. 2019 and Wang et al. 2016

Sister taxa: Dongnanosuchus, Eoalligator, Eurycephalosuchus, Jiangxisuchus, Krabisuchus, Orientalosuchus

Subtaxa: Protoalligator huiningensis

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Type: Eoalligator huiningensis

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution: found only at Dinghuawu (IVPP locality 71080) (Paleocene of China)

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