Eoalligator
Eoalligator Temporal range: Paleocene | |
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Partial skull and jaw of Eoalligator huiningensis, on display at the Paleozoological Museum of China. | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Superorder: | Crocodylomorpha |
Order: | Crocodilia |
Family: | Alligatoridae |
Subfamily: | Alligatorinae |
Genus: | †Eoalligator Young, 1964 |
Eoalligator is an extinct genus of crocodilian which lived during the Paleocene. First described by Chinese paleontologist C.C. Young in 1964, two species have been named: Eoalligator chunyii and Eoalligator huiningensis.
External links
- Alligatoroidea, Mikko's Phylogeny Archive
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