Alligator hailensis
| Alligator hailensis Temporal range: Early Pleistocene-
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| Skull of the Alligator hailensis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Archosauromorpha |
| Clade: | Archosauriformes |
| Order: | Crocodilia |
| Family: | Alligatoridae |
| Genus: | Alligator |
| Species: | †A. hailensis
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| Binomial name | |
| †Alligator hailensis Stout, 2020
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Alligator hailensis, named after the site where it was found by J.B. Stout, is a large, extinct species of Alligator, known from the early Pleistocene (Blancan land mammal age, 2 Ma) of Florida. Its age and skeletal morphology is intermediate between the geologically older Alligator mefferdi and the modern American Alligator, making it a transitional fossil.[1][2][3]
References
- ^ Stout, J.B. (2020). "New early Pleistocene Alligator (Eusuchia: Crocodylia) from Florida bridges a Gap in Alligator evolution". Zootaxa. 4868 (1): 41–60. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4868.1.3.
- ^ Biotaxa, www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4868.1.3.
- ^ PBDB. “Alligator Hailensis Stout 2020 (Alligator).” PBDB, paleobiodb.org/classic/basicTaxonInfo?taxon_no=427868
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