Paralligator

Paralligator
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous,
~96–70 Ma
P. gradilifrons and P. major skulls from the Bayan Shireh Formation
Scientific classification Edit this 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]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.