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Alligator gaudryi

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Alligator gaudryi was named by de Stefano (1905). Its type specimen is MNHN QU17155, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mémerlin (Arambourgia gaudryi type), which is in a MP 13/MP 19 karst horizon in France. It is the type species of Arambourgia.

It was recombined as Arambourgia gaudryi by Kalin (1939), Conedera et al. (2023).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. mississipiensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1905Alligator gaudryi de Stefano
1939Arambourgia gaudryi Kalin
2023Arambourgia gaudryi Conedera et al.

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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
speciesgaudryide Stefano 1905

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 gaudryi de Stefano 1905
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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: Bush and Bambach 2015, Benton 1983, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the MP 13 to the top of the MP 19 or 48.07000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
MP 13 - MP 1948.07 - 33.9France Alligator gaudryi (type locality: 234666)