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Alligatoridae
Temporal range: Cretaceous - Holocene,[1]82–0 Ma
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American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Archosauromorpha
Clade: Archosauriformes
Order: Crocodilia
Clade: Globidonta
Family: Alligatoridae
Gray, 1844
Subfamilies
  • Alligatorinae
  • Caimaninae

The family Alligatoridae of crocodylians includes alligators, caimans and their extinct relatives.

  1. ^ Family Alligatoridae (Alligators and Caiman) Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine University of Bristol. Quote:"The Alligatoridae appears in the Upper Cretaceous while the genus Alligator first occurs in the Oligocene."

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