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Alligator mississippiensis (American alligator)
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) and Rio and Mannion (2021).
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) and Rio and Mannion (2021).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1801 | Crocodilus mississippiensis Daudin |
1809 | Alligator mississippiensis Daudin |
1860 | Alligator mississippiensis Leidy p. 122 |
1875 | Alligator mississippiensis Cope p. 54 |
1902 | Alligator mississippiensis Hay p. 514 |
1921 | Alligator mississippiensis Mook p. 51 |
1930 | Alligator mississippiensis Hay p. 157 |
1959 | Alligator mississippiensis Holman p. 123 |
1999 | Alligator mississippiensis Brochu |
2002 | Alligator mississippiensis Lang and Guilette p. 213 |
2007 | Alligator mississippiensis Snyder p. 918 |
2019 | Alligator mississippiensis May |
2021 | Alligator mississippiensis Rio and Mannion |
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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
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
References: Benton 1983, Bush and Bambach 2015, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 |
Age range: base of the Hemphillian to the top of the Holocene or 10.30000 to 0.00000 Ma
Collections (28 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Clarendonian | USA (Texas) | Alligator sp. (18610 18611 18623 18645) | |
Hemphillian | USA (Florida) | Alligator mississippiensis (18601) | |
Blancan | USA (Florida) | Alligator mississippiensis (19764) | |
Pleistocene | USA (Texas) | Alligator mississippiensis (156789) | |
Pleistocene | USA (Florida) | Alligator mississippiensis (227368) | |
Pleistocene | USA (South Carolina) | Alligator mississippiensis (65405) | |
Irvingtonian | USA (Florida) | Alligator mississippiensis (20400 20402 58089) | |
Middle Pleistocene (interglacial) | USA (Mississippi) | Alligator mississippiensis (164395) | |
Middle Pleistocene (glacial) | USA (Florida) | Alligator mississippiensis (75974) | |
Rancholabrean | USA (Florida) | Alligator mississippiensis (20440 20491) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | USA (Georgia) | Alligator mississippiensis (20604 20613) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial) | USA (Florida) | Alligator mississippiensis (154921) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Florida) | Alligator mississippiensis (34269 154804 154805) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial) | USA (Texas) | Alligator mississippiensis (74470 93103) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Texas) | Alligator mississippiensis (85142 230753) | |
Holocene | USA (Georgia) | Alligator mississippiensis (152113) | |
Holocene | USA (Florida) | Alligator mississippiensis (227371) |