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Alligatoridae (alligator)
Taxonomy
Alligatoridae was named by Gray (1844). It is extant.
It was assigned to Eusuchia by Gilmore (1911), Schmidt (1938), Mook (1962), Bartels (1984) and Carroll (1988); to Crocodilia by Gilmore (1946) and Khajuria and Prasad (1998); to Alligatoroidea by Brochu et al. (2009); to Crocodyliformes by Böhme (2010); and to Globidonta by Pinheiro et al. (2013).
It was assigned to Eusuchia by Gilmore (1911), Schmidt (1938), Mook (1962), Bartels (1984) and Carroll (1988); to Crocodilia by Gilmore (1946) and Khajuria and Prasad (1998); to Alligatoroidea by Brochu et al. (2009); to Crocodyliformes by Böhme (2010); and to Globidonta by Pinheiro et al. (2013).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1844 | Alligatoridae Gray |
| 1911 | Alligatoridae Gilmore p. 298 |
| 1938 | Alligatoridae Schmidt p. 315 |
| 1946 | Alligatoridae Gilmore p. 62 |
| 1962 | Alligatoridae Mook p. 5 |
| 1984 | Alligatoridae Bartels p. 1347 |
| 1988 | Alligatoridae Carroll |
| 1998 | Alligatoridae Khajuria and Prasad |
| 2009 | Alligatoridae Brochu et al. p. 538 |
| 2010 | Alligatoridae Böhme p. 17 |
| 2013 | Alligatoridae Pinheiro et al. |
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