Alligator prenasalis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Globidonta
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Archelosauria Cladus: Archosauromorpha Cladus: Crocopoda Cladus: Archosauriformes Cladus: Eucrocopoda Cladus: Archosauria Cladus: Pseudosuchia Cladus: Suchia Cladus: Paracrocodylomorpha Cladus: Loricata Cladus: Crocodylomorpha Cladus: Solidocrania Cladus: Crocodyliformes Cladus: Mesoeucrocodylia Cladus: Metasuchia Cladus: Neosuchia Cladus: Eusuchia Ordo: Crocodilia Superfamilia: Alligatoroidea Cladus: Globidonta

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.