Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Reptilia - (Order) Crocodylia

Phylogeny

Branch-based clade

Ref: C.A. Brochu, 2003: fig. 1.

Defined by included taxon (and all taxa more closely related to it than to the excluded taxon)

Alligator mississippiensis (Daudin, 1802)

Ref: C.A. Brochu, 1999: 48.

Defined by excluded taxon

†Diplocynodon ratelii Pomel, 1847

Ref: C.A. Brochu, 1999: 48.

Current position

Alligatoroidea (Superfamily) Cuvier, 1807

Ref: C.A. Brochu, 2003: fig. 1 [Puértolas et al., 2011: fig. 5]. [implicit]

Alternative positions

Alligatoroidea (Clade) Gray 1844 {Brochu 2003}

Ref: C.A. Brochu, 2003: fig. 1.

Historical positions

Alligatoroidea (Clade) Gray 1844 {Brochu 2003}

Ref: C.A. Brochu, 2003: table 1 (p. 360), figs. 1, 4.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	1f;4g;8s;6ss; †22g;19s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 31 Mar 2017	[1f;4g;8s]