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Alligator mississippiensis (American alligator)

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Taxonomy
Crocodilus mississippiensis was named by Daudin (1801). It is extant.

It was recombined as Alligator mississippiensis by Daudin (1809), Leidy (1860), Cope (1875), Hay (1902), Mook (1921), Hay (1930), Holman (1959), Brochu (1999), Lang and Guilette (2002), Snyder (2007), May (2019), Rio and Mannion (2021).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. mississipiensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1801Crocodilus mississippiensis Daudin
1809Alligator mississippiensis Daudin
1860Alligator mississippiensis Leidy p. 122
1875Alligator mississippiensis Cope p. 54
1902Alligator mississippiensis Hay p. 514
1921Alligator mississippiensis Mook p. 51
1930Alligator mississippiensis Hay p. 157
1959Alligator mississippiensis Holman p. 123
1999Alligator mississippiensis Brochu
2002Alligator mississippiensis Lang and Guilette p. 213
2007Alligator mississippiensis Snyder p. 918
2019Alligator mississippiensis May
2021Alligator mississippiensis Rio and Mannion

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
RankNameAuthor
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
—Pseudosuchia(Zittel 1890)
—SuchiaKrebs 1974
—Paracrocodylomorpha
—Loricata(Merrem 1820)
—Crocodylomorpha()
—Solidocrania
suborderCrocodyliformes
—MesoeucrocodyliaWhetstone and Whybrow 1983
—NeosuchiaClark 1988
suborderEusuchiaHuxley 1875
—Crocodylia(Owen 1842)
—Alligatoroidea(Gray 1844)
—Globidonta
—Alligatoridae(Gray 1844)
—Alligatorinae(Cuvier 1807)
genusAlligatorDaudin 1809
speciesmississippiensis(Daudin 1801)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Alligator mississippiensis Daudin 1801 [American alligator]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available