Protoalligator
Name:
Protoalligator
(first alligator).
Phonetic: Pro-to-al-le-gay-tor.
Named By: Y.-Y. Wang, C. Sullivan &
J. Liu - 2016.
Synonyms: Eoalligator huiningensis.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia,
Archosauria, Crocodylomorpha, Crocodilia, Alligatoroidea.
Species: P. huiningensis
(type).
Diet: Carnivore.
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: China - Wanghudun Formation.
Time period: Paleocene.
Fossil representation: Partial skull.
Protoalligator is a genus of alligator that lived in China during the Paleocene.
Further reading
- Taxonomic revision of Eoalligator (Crocodylia, Brevirostres)
and the paleogeographic origins of the Chinese alligatoroids. -
PeerJ 4:e2356:1-43/ - Y.-Y. Wang, C. Sullivan &
J. Liu - 2016.
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