Alligator heterodon Cope 1873 (alligator)

Reptilia - Crocodylia - Alligatoridae

Alternative combination: Crocodylus heterodon

Belongs to Alligator according to Cope 1872

See also Case 1925, Cope 1875, Hay 1902, Hay 1930 and Simpson 1930

Sister taxa: Alligator darwini, Alligator gaudryi, Alligator hailensis, Alligator hantoniensis, Alligator luicus, Alligator mcgrewi, Alligator mefferdi, Alligator mississippiensis, Alligator munensis, Alligator olseni, Alligator prenasalis, Alligator sinensis, Alligator thomsoni

Type specimen: U.S. Nat Mus. No. 4115.

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Alligator heterodon in the database

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