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: Alligatoroidea according to N. Chabrol et al. 2024

See also Massonne et al. 2019, Shan et al. 2021 and Wang et al. 2016

Sister taxa: Akanthosuchus, Balanerodus, Balanerodus logimus, Bottosaurus perrugosus, Deinosuchus, Diplocynodon, Diplocynodontidae, Diplocynodontinae, Globidonta, Leidyosuchus, Menatalligator

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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