Alligator munensis Darlim et al. 2023 (alligator)

Reptilia - Crocodylia - Alligatoridae

Full reference: G. Darlim, K. Suraprasit, Y. Chaimanee, P. Tian, C. Yamee, M. Rugbumrung, A. Kaweera and M. Rabi. 2023. An extinct deep-snouted Alligator species from the Quaternary of Thailand and comments on the evolution of crushing dentition in alligatorids. Scientific Reports 13:10406

Belongs to Alligator according to G. Darlim et al. 2023

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

Type specimen: DMR-BSL-2011-2, a skull (nearly complete skull). Its type locality is Ban Si Liam, which is in a Pleistocene alluvial fan sandstone in Thailand.

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution: found only at Ban Si Liam

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