Concise hierarchy

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

Current position

Alligatorinae (Subfamily) Cuvier, 1807

Ref: W.E. Duellman, 1982: 966 [Brochu, 2003: fig. 4].

Alternative positions

Alligatoridae (Family) Cuvier, 1807	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 620.
Alligatorinae (Clade) Kälin 1940 {Brochu 2003}	Ref: C.A. Brochu, 2003: fig. 4.
Alligatoroidea (Clade) Gray 1844 {Brochu 2003}	Ref: C.A. Brochu, 2012: fig. 13.

Historical positions

Alligatoroidea (Clade) Gray 1844 {Brochu 2003}	Ref: C.A. Brochu, 2012: fig. 13.
Alligatoroidea (Clade) Gray 1844 {Brochu 2003}	Ref: E. Puértolas et al., 2011: fig. 5. [inferred name]
Crocodyliformes (Clade) Clark 1988 [Sereno, Larsson, Sidor & Gado 2001]	Ref: S.J. Nesbitt, 2011: fig. 51. [implicit]
Crocodylia (Clade) Gmelin 1789 [Clark 1988]	Ref: P.C. Sereno & H.C.E. Larsson, 2009: fig. 43A. [rough position]
Alligatorinae (Clade) Kälin 1940 {Brochu 2003}	Ref: C.A. Brochu, 2003: fig. 4.
Alligatoridae (Family) Cuvier, 1807	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 620.
Chordata (Phylum) Bateson, 1885	Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1982: 238. [rough position]
Alligatorinae (Subfamily) Cuvier, 1807	Ref: W.E. Duellman, 1982: 966.
Crocodylidae (Family) Cuvier, 1807	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979
Alligatoridae (Family) Cuvier, 1807	Ref: B. Grzimek et al., 1973 (1971): 594.
Alligatores (Order)	Ref: E.R. Lankester, 1877: 453. [rough position]

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	2s; †5s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 15 Oct 2016	[2s]
2016	P. Uetz et al.: 16 Aug 2016	[2s]
1982	W.E. Duellman: 966	[2s]