Globidonta
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Globidonta is a clade of alligatoroids that includes alligators, caimans, and closely related extinct forms. It is defined as a stem-based clade including Alligator mississippiensis and all forms more
Brachychampsa sp. Natural History Museum of Utah DSC07238
Alligator sinensis, the Chinese Alligator.
Alligatoridae
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The family Alligatoridae of crocodilians includes alligators, caimans and their extinct relatives.
Globidonta
…with Leidyosuchus included as a member: Some studies have alternatively found many members of Globidonta to instead be basal members of the crown group Alligatoridae, within either of the stem groups Alligatorinae or Caimaninae: specifically Navajosuchus and Ceratosuchus as basal members of Alligatorinae, and…
Florida Alligator
A. olseni fore limb
Alligator prenasalis fossil
C. crocodilus at the Helsinki Tropicario Zoo aquarium in Helsinki, Finland in 2010