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Alligator sinensis (Chinese alligator)

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Alligator sinensis was named by Fauvel (1879). It is extant.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. mississipiensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1879Alligator sinensis Fauvel
1999Alligator sinensis Brochu
2002Alligator sinensis Lang and Guilette p. 213
2007Alligator sinensis Snyder p. 918
2021Alligator sinensis 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
speciessinensisFauvel 1879

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 sinensis Fauvel 1879 [Chinese alligator]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: carnivoreuc
Created: 2009-01-03 20:38:59
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:38:59
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Bush and Bambach 2015, Benton 1983, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Holocene or 3.60000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (27 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Japan (Kyushu) Alligator sinensis (180691)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129China (Jiangsu) Alligator sinensis (180692)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117China (Guangxi) Alligator sinensis (235737)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117China (Guangdong) Alligator sinensis (13293)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Taiwan Alligator sinensis (73686)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0China Alligator sinensis (224115 224116 224117 224118 224119 224120 224121 224122 224123 224124 224125 224126 224127 224128 224129 224130 224131)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0China (Shandong) Alligator sinensis (154960 224112 224113 224114)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0China (Henan) Alligator sinensis (195288)