P. gradilifrons and P. major skulls from the Bayan Shireh Formation
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Reptilia
Clade:
Archosauria
Clade:
Pseudosuchia
Clade:
Crocodylomorpha
Clade:
Crocodyliformes
Clade:
Neosuchia
Family:
†Paralligatoridae
Genus:
†Paralligator
Type species
†Paralligator gradilifrons
Konzhukova, 1954
Other species
†P. ancestralis Efimov, 1981
†P. major Efimov, 1981
Synonyms
Shamosuchus tersus Efimov, 1983
Shamosuchus ulanicus Efimov, 1983
Shamosuchus ulgicus Efimov, 1981
Paralligator is an extinct genus of neosuchian crocodylomorph that lived during the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian-Maastrichtian) period in what is now the Bayan Shireh and Nemegt formations of Mongolia, approximately 96 million to 70 million years ago. P. gradilifrons reached up to 4 m (13 ft) in length.[1][2]
^Storrs, G. W.; Efimov, M. B. (2000). "Mesozoic crocodyliforms of north-central Eurasia". In Michael J. Benton; Mikhail A. Shishkin; David M. Unwin; Evgenii N. Kurochkin (eds.). The Age of Dinosaurs in Russia and Mongolia. Cambridge University Press. pp. 402–419.
^Turner, Alan H. (2015-02-25). "A Review of Shamosuchus and Paralligator (Crocodyliformes, Neosuchia) from the Cretaceous of Asia". PLOS ONE. 10 (2): e0118116. Bibcode:2015PLoSO..1018116T. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0118116. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 4340866. PMID 25714338.
Paralligator is an extinct genus of neosuchian crocodylomorph that lived during the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian-Maastrichtian) period in what is now the...
Mook. Paralligator was synonymized with Shamosuchus by several authors. However, recent cladistic analysis of Paralligatoridae found Paralligator distinct...
turtles such as Mongolochelys and Nemegtemys; and the crocodylomorph Paralligator. As the sediments in which Therizinosaurus remains have been found are...
existed during the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods. It includes the genera Paralligator, Brillanceausuchus, Kansajsuchus, Shamosuchus, Scolomastax, Sabresuchus...
other aquatic animals like fish and turtles, and the crocodylomorph Paralligator. Mammal fossils are rare in the Nemegt Formation, but many birds have...
turtles Lindholmemys, Gobiapalone and "Trionyx"; and the crocodylomorph Paralligator. Fishes are also known from the formation, such as the shark Hybodus...
such as fish and turtles. Crocodilians included several species of Paralligator, a genus with teeth adapted for crushing shells. Mammal fossils are exceedingly...
Additional paleofauna has been recovered, expanding the aquatic biodiversity: Paralligator, Lindholmemys and the shark Hybodus. The discoveries of azhdarchids pterosaurs...
publisher (link) Turner, A. H. (2015). "A Review of Shamosuchus and Paralligator (Crocodyliformes, Neosuchia) from the Cretaceous of Asia". PLOS ONE....
S2CID 83551788. Turner, A. H. (2015). "A review of Shamosuchus and Paralligator (Crocodyliformes, Neosuchia) from the Cretaceous of Asia". PLOS ONE....
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