Alligator mefferdi
Appearance
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Alligator mefferdi Temporal range: Pliocene
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Clade: | Archosauromorpha |
Clade: | Archosauriformes |
Order: | Crocodilia |
Family: | Alligatoridae |
Genus: | Alligator |
Species: | †A. mefferdi
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Binomial name | |
†Alligator mefferdi C.C. Mook, 1946
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Alligator mefferdi is an extinct species of alligator described by C.C. Mook. They lived in the Pliocene period.[1] Their range was principally in what is now Nebraska, United States;[2] the specimens was discovered at Ash Hollow State Historical Park.
Measurements
The average measurements for the skull of A. mcgrewi are 298 x 170 in millimeters. Based on the length, the estimated body mass was 34.6 kg.
References
- ^ http://fossilworks.org/?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=96549 Fossilworks
- ^ "Alligators may not have changed much in 8 million years". Mashable UK. Retrieved 2020-12-26.