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Alligatoroidea is one of
three superfamilies of crocodylians, the
other two
being Crocodyloidea and Gavialoidea.
Alligatoroidea evolved in the Late Cretaceous...
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includes alligators,
caimans and
their extinct relatives. The
superfamily Alligatoroidea includes all
crocodilians (fossil and extant) that are more closely...
- A. (1999). "Phylogenetics, Taxonomy, and
Historical Biogeography of
Alligatoroidea".
Society of
Vertebrate Paleontology Memoir. 6: 9–100. doi:10.2307/3889340...
- studies. Souza-Filho, J.P. (2020). "On a new
Melanosuchus species (
Alligatoroidea: Caimaninae) from Solimões
Formation (Eocene-Pliocene),
Northern Brazil...
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phylogenetic analysis placing Deinosuchus in a
basal position within the
clade Alligatoroidea along with Leidyosuchus. This
classification was
bolstered in 2005 by...
- is one of
three superfamilies of crocodilians, the
other two
being Alligatoroidea and Gavialoidea, and it
includes the crocodiles.
Crocodyloidea may also...
- of the basal-most
members of the
superfamily Alligatoroidea. Leidyosuchus's
placement within Alligatoroidea can be
shown in the
cladogram below,
based on...
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Crocodyliformes Clade:
Eusuchia Order:
Crocodilia Owen, 1842
Subgroups Alligatoroidea Alligatoridae Longirostres Gavialoidea Gavialidae Crocodyloidea Crocodylidae...
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invertebrates and vertebrates. The
precise placement of
Ceratosuchus within Alligatoroidea is disputed. Some
studies have
shown it as a
basal member of Alligatoridae...
- A. (1999). "Phylogenetics, taxonomy, and
historical biogeography of
Alligatoroidea".
Memoir (Society of
Vertebrate Paleontology). 6: 9–100. doi:10.2307/3889340...
