Reptilia - Crocodylia - Alligatoridae
Parent taxon: Alligatorinae according to J. P. Rio and P. D. Mannion 2021
See also Brochu 1999, Carroll 1988, Cope 1875, Farke et al. 2014, Fiorelli and Calvo 2008, Frank and Ramus 1996, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Jouve et al. 2008, Lang and Guilette 2002, Larsson and Sues 2007, Martin and Buffetaut 2008, Martin and Lauprasert 2010, Meyer 1845, Nascimento and Zaher 2011, Pinheiro et al. 2013, Pol and Norell 2004, Puértolas et al. 2011, Snyder 2007, White 1942, Wu et al. 1994, Wu et al. 1996 and Zaher et al. 2006
Sister taxa: Ahdeskatanka, Allognathosuchus, Arambourgia, Navajosuchus
Subtaxa: Alligator darwini Alligator gaudryi Alligator hailensis Alligator hantoniensis Alligator luicus Alligator mcgrewi Alligator mefferdi Alligator mississippiensis Alligator munensis Alligator olseni Alligator prenasalis Alligator sinensis Alligator thomsoni
Ecology: carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of China (25 collections), Taiwan (1), Thailand (1), United States (31: Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Missouri, South Carolina, Texas)
• Blancan of United States (3: Florida)
• Pliocene of Japan (1)
• Hemphillian of United States (6: Florida, Tennessee)
• Miocene of China (2), United States (25: Florida, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Texas, Virginia)
• Arikareean of United States (1: Florida)
• Eocene of France (1), Germany (2), the United Kingdom (2), United States (11: Nebraska, South Dakota, Utah)
Total: 112 collections including 114 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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