Bottosaurus

Bottosaurus
Temporal range: Campanian - Paleocene,
78–56.8 Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Archosauromorpha
Clade: Archosauriformes
Order: Crocodilia
Family: Alligatoridae
Subfamily: Caimaninae
Genus: Bottosaurus
Agassiz, 1849
Type species
Bottosaurus harlani
Agassiz, 1849
Species
  • B. fustidens Cossette, 2020
  • B. harlani (von Meyer, 1832) (type)
  • B. tuberculatus Cope, 1869

Bottosaurus is an extinct genus of alligatorid from the Late Cretaceous-Early Paleocene of New Jersey, Texas, and possibly North Carolina and South Carolina. Two species are currently accepted, with a third requiring re-evaluation.