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Alligatorinae

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Alligatorinae was named by Cuvier (1807) [also attributed to Kälin 1940 and Kälin 1955]. It is extant.

It was reranked as the unranked clade Alligatorinae by Rio and Mannion (2021).

It was assigned to Crocodilidae by Kuhn (1946); to Crocodylidae by Estes (1964), Kuhn (1966), Estes and Berberian (1970), Estes (1976), Erickson (1982), Peng et al. (2001), Böhme (2002) and Pearson et al. (2002); to Alligatoridae by Khajuria and Prasad (1998), Brochu (1999), Snyder (2007) and Pinheiro et al. (2013); and to Alligatoridae by Rio and Mannion (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1807Alligatorinae Cuvier
1946Alligatorinae Kuhn p. 65
1964Alligatorinae Estes p. 142
1966Alligatorinae Kuhn p. 87
1970Alligatorinae Estes and Berberian p. 6
1976Alligatorinae Estes p. 512
1982Alligatorinae Erickson p. 492
1998Alligatorinae Khajuria and Prasad
1999Alligatorinae Brochu
2001Alligatorinae Peng et al. p. 32
2002Alligatorinae Böhme p. 342
2002Alligatorinae Pearson et al. p. 154
2007Alligatorinae Snyder p. 918
2013Alligatorinae Pinheiro et al.
2021Alligatorinae 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)
Alligatorinae(Cuvier 1807)

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.

Unr. Alligatorinae Cuvier 1807
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G. Alligator Daudin 1809 [alligator]
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Alligator darwini Ludwig 1877
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Invalid names: Crocodylus ebertsi Ludwig 1877 [synonym]
Alligator gaudryi de Stefano 1905
Alligator hailensis Stout 2020
Alligator heterodon Cope 1873
Alligator luicus Li and Wang 1987
Alligator mcgrewi Schmidt 1941
Alligator mefferdi Mook 1946
Alligator mississippiensis Daudin 1801 [American alligator]
Alligator munensis Darlim et al. 2023
Alligator olseni White 1942
Alligator prenasalis Loomis 1904
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Invalid names: Allognathosuchus riggsi Patterson 1931 [synonym], Caimanoidea visheri Mehl 1916 [synonym]
Alligator sinensis Fauvel 1879 [Chinese alligator]
Alligator thomsoni Mook 1923
G. †Allognathosuchus Mook 1921
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Allognathosuchus woutersi Buffetaut 1985
Invalid names: Chrysochampsa Estes 1988 [synonym]
G. †Navajosuchus Mook 1942
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Navajosuchus mooki Simpson 1930
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Invalid names: Navajosuchus novomexicanus Mook 1942 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available