Alligator Daudin 1809 (alligator)
Reptilia - Crocodylia - Alligatoridae
PaleoDB taxon number: 38423
Parent taxon: Alligatorinae according to A. E. P. Pinheiro et al. 2013
Sister taxa: Allognathosuchus, Arambourgia, Hassiacosuchus, Procaimanoidea, Wannaganosuchus
Subtaxa: Alligator darwini, Alligator gaudryi, Alligator hantoniensis, Alligator heterodon, Alligator luicus, Alligator mcgrewi, Alligator mefferdi, Alligator mississippiensis, Alligator olseni, Alligator prenasalis, Alligator sinensis, Alligator thomsoni
Type: Crocodilus mississippiensis
Ecology: carnivore