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Alligator
Cuvier, 1817
(reptile)
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Entity:
Alligatorinae (Subfamily)
..†Allognathosuchus (Genus)
..†Arambourgia (Genus)
..†Ceratosuchus (Genus)
..†Chrysochampsa (Genus)
..†Procaimanoidea (Genus)
..†Wannaganosuchus (Genus)
..Alligator (Genus)
....†Alligator mcgrewi (Species)
....†Alligator mefferdi (Species)
....Alligator mississippiensis (Species) - American alligator
....†Alligator olseni (Species)
....†Alligator prenasalis (Species)
....Alligator sinensis (Species) - Chinese alligator
....†Alligator thomsoni (Species)
Authorship
Original name
:
Cuvier, 1817. R. Anim., 2, 21.
Types
Type of
:
Alligatores
(Order)
Ref:
E.R. Lankester, 1877
: 453.
[inferred]
Type of
:
Alligatoridae
(Family)
Cuvier, 1807
Ref:
R.L. Carroll, 1988
: 620.
[inferred]
Type
:
Alligator mississippiensis
(Daudin, 1802)
Ref:
P. Uetz et al. (eds.), 2016
: 16 Aug 2016.
Synonyms
Including
:
†
Caimanoidea
(Genus)
Mehl, 1916
Ref:
R.L. Carroll, 1988
: 620.
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
alligators
Ref:
B. Grzimek (ed.), 1973-1975
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1 Feb 2024