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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
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, Carroll 1988, Benton 1983, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Maastrichtian to the top of the Holocene or 72.10000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 70.6 Ma

Collections (267 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Judithian83.5 - 70.6USA (Wyoming) Alligatorinae indet. (14458)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (New Jersey) Allognathosuchus sp. (14455)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Canada (Alberta) Alligatorinae indet. (45671 45674 45822 45897 45898)
Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6Canada (Alberta) Alligatorinae indet. (45560 45561 45564 45565 45566 45567 45670 45820)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Canada (Alberta) Alligatorinae indet. (45821 45894)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Maryland) Goniopholis sp. (83331)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0USA (North Dakota) Alligatorinae indet. (14620 14621)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) Allognathosuchus sp. (14542 75283)
Puercan66.0 - 63.3USA (Colorado) Allognathosuchus sp. (14658 14774)
Puercan66.0 - 63.3USA (Wyoming) Allognathosuchus sp. (14713 14729 14730 14735 14796 14805 75282 75427)
Puercan66.0 - 63.3USA (New Mexico) Allognathosuchus mooki (74556)
Puercan66.0 - 63.3USA (Utah) Allognathosuchus sp. (14670 14692 14736 14739 14748 14790)
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (South Carolina) Alligator sp. (115152)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Argentina (Chubut) Allognathosuchus sp. (95914)
Torrejonian63.8 - 60.9USA (Montana) Alligatorinae indet. (14874)
Torrejonian63.8 - 60.9USA (New Mexico) Navajosuchus novomexicanus (14873)
Torrejonian63.8 - 60.9USA (Utah) Crocodylia indet. (14830)
Tiffanian61.7 - 56.8USA (Wyoming) Allognathosuchus sp. (15049 46653)
Cf356.2 - 54.9USA (Wyoming) Allognathosuchus sp. (46676)
Clarkforkian56.2 - 54.9USA (Wyoming) Allognathosuchus sp. (15217) Allognathosuchus wartheni (15114 15119 15208)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8France (Oise) Allognathosuchus sp. (68174)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8France (Île-de-France) Allognathosuchus sp. (68437)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Belgium (Brabant) Allognathosuchus woutersi (35531)
Graybullian55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) Allognathosuchus sp. (15701)
Lostcabinian55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) Allognathosuchus sp. (15917 15997)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) Allognathosuchus heterodon (46645 46646) Allognathosuchus sp. (15586 15589 15590 15592 15593 15594 15665 15682 15683 15687 15688 15694 15695 15698 15699 15702 15704 15705 15706 15707 15759 15780 15793 15830 15832 46637 46639 46641 46642 46644 46650 46652 46659 46661 46663 46672 46682 46683 46685 46688 46689 46690 46694 46720 46721 46728 46731 46732 46733 46734 46736 46739 46753 46759 46760 46768 46769 46771 46772 46777 46780 46782 46792 46795 46797 46798 46803 46807 46808 46809 46810 46814 46817 46824 46825 46833 46834 46840 46841 118482) Allognathosuchus wartheni (76067)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (North Dakota) Allognathosuchus sp., Chrysochampsa mlynarskii (15895)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3Canada (Northwest Territories) Allognathosuchus sp. (15583)
MP 1055.8 - 48.6France (Picardie) Allognathosuchus sp. (68440)
Bridgerian50.3 - 46.2USA (Wyoming) Alligatorinae indet. (16405) Allognathosuchus polyodon (16228) Allognathosuchus sp. (15668 16261 16268 16272 16296 70266)
MP 1148.6 - 40.4Germany (Hessen) Alligator darwini (22701 120036)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) Allognathosuchus brevirostris (45002) Allognathosuchus brevirostris, Allognathosuchus weigelti (13322)
Early/Lower Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (Colorado) Allognathosuchus polyodon (16623)
Late/Upper Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (Texas) Allognathosuchus sp. (16542)
Duchesnean39.7 - 37.0USA (Utah) Alligator sp. (16877)
Duchesnean39.7 - 37.0USA (South Dakota) Allognathosuchus riggsi (16823)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Alligator hantoniensis (39643)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Nebraska) Alligator sp. (179707 179708)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (South Dakota) Alligator prenasalis (16885 16938 99855) Allognathosuchus riggsi (99708) Caimanoidea visheri (99707) Crocodilus prenasalis (99709 99711)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Thailand Allognathosuchus sp. (49078)
MP 17A - MP 17B37.2 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Alligator hantoniensis (28747)
Late/Upper Eocene - Early/Lower Miocene37.2 - 15.97France (Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées) Alligator gaudryi (179194)
Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (Florida) Alligatoridae indet. (17476)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44USA (Texas) Alligator olseni (18663)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97USA (Florida) Alligator olseni (18537)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97China (Jiangsu) Alligator sp. (41812)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97China (Shandong) Alligator luicus (41810)
Early/Lower Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (Nebraska) Alligator sp., Alligator mcgrewi (17865)
Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (Texas) Alligator sp. (18626)
Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (Florida) Alligator olseni (18561 18597)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Texas) Alligator indet. (140202) Alligator sp. (18619 18627 18628 207493)
Early/Lower Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Texas) Alligator sp. (18630 18665)
Early/Lower Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Nebraska) Alligator thomsoni (18004)
Barstovian - Hemphillian16.3 - 4.9USA (Oklahoma) Alligator sp. (170185)
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Texas) Alligator sp. (18610 18611 18623 18640 18645 207452 207489)
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Nebraska) Alligator mefferdi (18028)
Late/Upper Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Florida) Alligator mississippiensis (18554)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Florida) Alligator mississippiensis (18601) Alligator sp. (18556 18560 18564)
early Early Hemphillian - late Early Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Florida) Alligator sp. (18539)
Late/Upper Hemphillian - Blancan10.3 - 1.8USA (Tennessee) Alligator sp. (26574)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333USA (Virginia) Alligator mississipiensis (179732)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Florida) Alligator mississippiensis (19764) Alligator sp. (19753 113275)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Japan (Kyushu) Alligator sinensis (180691)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (Florida) Alligator mississippiensis (19750 98313)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Alligator mississippiensis (156789) Alligator sp. (207484)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Alligator mississippiensis, Gavialosuchus sp. (65405)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Alligator mississippiensis (227368)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Florida) Alligator mississippiensis (20400 20402 58089) Alligator sp. (26550)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Texas) Alligator mississipiensis (20530)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129China (Jiangsu) Alligator sinensis (180692)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Thailand (Nakhon Ratchasima) Alligator sinensis (144185)
Middle Pleistocene (interglacial)0.774 - 0.129USA (Mississippi) Alligator mississippiensis (164395)
Middle Pleistocene (glacial)0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) Alligator mississippiensis (75974)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117China (Guangdong) Alligator sinensis (13293)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (Florida) Alligator mississippiensis (20440 20491)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Alligator sp. (188304)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Alligator mississippiensis (85142 230753)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Alligator mississipiensis (20650)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Alligator mississippiensis (154921)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) Alligator mississippiensis (20604 20613)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Taiwan Alligator sinensis (73686)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Alligator mississippiensis (34269 154804 154805)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Alligator sp. (74361)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Alligator mississippiensis (74470 93103)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Missouri) Alligator sp. (93379)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Georgia) Alligator mississippiensis (152113)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Florida) Alligator mississippiensis (227371)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0China (Henan) Alligator sinensis (195288)
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)