Alligator mcgrewi
Extinct species of reptile
| Alligator mcgrewi Temporal range: Early Miocene 20.43–15.97 Ma[1] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Archosauromorpha |
| Clade: | Archosauriformes |
| Order: | Crocodilia |
| Family: | Alligatoridae |
| Subfamily: | Alligatorinae |
| Genus: | Alligator |
| Species: | †A. mcgrewi |
| Binomial name | |
| †Alligator mcgrewi Schmidt, 1941 | |
Alligator mcgrewi is an extinct species of alligator described by K.P. Schmidt. They lived in the Early Miocene period,[2][3] and their range was principally in what is now Nebraska, United States.[2]
Measurements
The average measurements for the skull of A. mcgrewi are 145 x 96 in millimeters. Based on the length, the estimated body mass was 3 kg.[2]
References
- ^ Rio, Jonathan P.; Mannion, Philip D. (6 September 2021). "Phylogenetic analysis of a new morphological dataset elucidates the evolutionary history of Crocodylia and resolves the long-standing gharial problem". PeerJ. 9: e12094. doi:10.7717/peerj.12094. PMC 8428266. PMID 34567843.
- ^ a b c "†Alligator mcgrewi Schmidt 1941 (Alligator)". Paleobiology Database. Fossilworks. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
- ^ Alligator mcgrewi Schmidt, 1941 in Paleobiology Database (2018). The Paleobiology Database. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/zzoyxi accessed via GBIF.org on 2020-11-05.
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