Family of crocodilians including alligators, caimans and kin
Alligatoridae
Temporal range: Cretaceous - Holocene,[1]82–0 Ma
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American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)
Scientific 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.
^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."
The family Alligatoridae of crocodylians includes alligators, caimans and their extinct relatives. The superfamily Alligatoroidea includes all crocodilians...
9 genera and 28 species of Crocodilia are split into 3 subfamilies: Alligatoridae, alligators and caimans; Crocodylidae, true crocodiles; and Gavialidae...
over 450 kg (1,000 lb), it is the largest living species of the family Alligatoridae, and the third-largest crocodilian in the Neotropical realm. True to...
of the subfamily Caimaninae, as well as the entire alligator family Alligatoridae. There is one extant species: Melanosuchus niger (Spix, 1825) - known...
to the subfamily Caimaninae, one of two primary lineages within the Alligatoridae family, the other being alligators. Caimans are native to Central and...
colloquially gator, is a large reptile in the genus Alligator of the family Alligatoridae of the order Crocodilia. The two extant species are the American alligator...
spectacled caiman, is a species of caiman, a crocodilian in the family Alligatoridae. The species is endemic to Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, and Paraguay...
denticulatus (Linnaeus, 1766) Order: Crocodylia · Family: Alligatoridae The alligatoridae (Alligatoridae) are a family of crocodilian sauropsids (reptiles) native...
order Crocodilia, which includes the alligators and caimans (family Alligatoridae), the gharial and false gharial (family Gavialidae) among other extinct...
Duméril & Bocourt, 1851 Order: Crocodylia · Family: Alligatoridae The alligatorids (Alligatoridae) are a family of crocodilian sauropsids (reptiles) native...
mississippiensis) are the only living species in the genus Alligator of the family Alligatoridae. Dark gray or black in color with a fully armored body, the Chinese...
common caiman, and speckled caiman, is a crocodilian in the family Alligatoridae. It is brownish-, greenish-, or yellowish-gray colored and has a spectacle-like...
acutus Cuvier, 1807 [VU] Order: Crocodylia · Family: Alligatoridae The alligatoridae (Alligatoridae) are a family of crocodilian sauropsids (reptiles) native...
crocodiles (family Crocodylidae), the alligators and caimans (family Alligatoridae), and the gharial and false gharial (family Gavialidae). Although the...
This is a list of reptiles in Costa Rica. Genus Basiliscus (brown basilisk, common basilisk, plumed basilisk) Genus Corytophanes (helmeted iguana) Genus...
the second largest member by length and the heaviest of the family Alligatoridae, after the black caiman. Females are smaller, measuring 2.6 to 3 m (8...
American genus of reptiles in the subfamily Caimaninae of the family Alligatoridae. They are the smallest members of the order Crocodilia in the Americas...
moreletii Duméril and Bocourt, 1851 Order: Crocodylia. Family: AlligatoridaeAlligatoridae is a family of crocodylians that includes alligators and caimans...
alligators, and is more inclusive than the crown group Alligatoridae. As a crown group, Alligatoridae only includes the last common ancestor of all extant...
Crocodylomorpha Suborder Eusuchia Family Crocodylidae – crocodiles Family Alligatoridae – alligators Family Gavialidae – gharials Reptile List of regional reptiles...
Bocquentin-Villanueva (2006). "A new giant Pusussaurus (Crocodyliformes, Alligatoridae) from the Upper Miocene Urumaco Formation, Venezuela" (PDF). Journal...
Total number of species = 648 Nota bene: In the following list, a binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described...
tetradactyla (Pilosa: Myrmecophagidae) by Caiman latirostris (Crocodylia: Alligatoridae) in a highly seasonal habitat in Central Brazil" (PDF). North-Western...
Bocquentin-Villanueva, Jean (2006). "A new giant Purussaurus (Crocodyliformes, Alligatoridae) from the Upper Miocene Urumaco Formation, Venezuela". Journal of Systematic...