Alligator mefferdi Mook 1946 (alligator)

Reptilia - Crocodylia - Alligatoridae

Full reference: C. C. Mook. 1946. A new Pliocene alligator from Nebraska. American Museum Novitates 1311:1-12

Belongs to Alligator according to J. P. Rio and P. D. Mannion 2021

See also Brochu 1999, Mook 1946 and Snyder 2007

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

Type specimen: F:AMNH 7016, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Alligator mefferdi Quarry, which is in a Clarendonian terrestrial horizon in the Ash Hollow Formation of Nebraska.

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution:

• Hemphillian of United States (1: Florida collection)

• Miocene of United States (1: Nebraska)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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