Alligator prenasalis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Eusuchia
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha Cladus: Crurotarsi Cladus: Archosauria Subsectio: Pseudosuchia Cladus: Suchia Cladus: Paracrocodylomorpha Cladus: Loricata Superordo: Crocodylomorpha Ordo: Crocodilia Cladus: Mesoeucrocodylia Cladus: Neosuchia Subordo: Eusuchia

Familia: Alligatoridae
Subfamilia: Alligatorinae
Genus: Alligator
Species: Alligator prenasalis

Name

Alligator prenasalis (Loomis, 1904)

Type locality: Indian Draw (SDSM Titanothere Beds) [Pennington County, South Dakota, 43.8° N, 102.7° W: paleocoordinates 45.1° N, 93.8° W]

Synonyms

Caimanoidea visheri Mehl, 1916

Type material: University of South Dakota 1,044. Type locality: Caimanoidea visheri type locality. [Shannon County, South Dakota (43.7° N, 102.8° W: paleocoordinates 45.0° N, 94.0° W]

Alligator vischeri Mehl, 1916
Allognathosuchus riggsi Patterson, 1931

Type material: Field Museum P 12141. Type locality: Phinney Springs. [Custer County, South Dakota, 43.8° N, 102.8° W: paleocoordinates 45.1° N, 93.9° W]

Alligator riggsi Patterson, 1931

References

Primary references

Loomis, F.B. 1904. Two new river reptiles from the Titanothere beds. American Journal of Science 18: 427–432. Reference page.
Mehl, M.G. 1916. Caimanoidea visheri, a new crocodilian from the Oligocene of South Dakota. Journal of Geology 24(1): 47–56. DOI: 10.1086/622301 Reference page.
Patterson, B. 1931. Occurrence of the alligatoroid genus Allognathosuchus in the Lower Oligocene. Field Museum of Natural History. Geological Series 4(6): 223–226. BHL DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.3156 Reference page.