Alligator olseni
Olsen's alligator Temporal range: Early Miocene
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Forelimbs of Alligator olseni | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Crocodilia |
Family: | Alligatoridae |
Subfamily: | Alligatorinae |
Genus: | Alligator |
Species: | A. olseni
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Binomial name | |
Alligator olseni White, 1942
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Alligator olseni (common name Olsen's Alligator, named after ) is an extinct species of alligator. They lived in the Early Miocene period, around 20.4–15.97 million years ago and possibly earlier.[2] Their range was principally in what is now known as Florida, United States, and possibly extending into southeastern Texas.[3][4]
References[]
- ^ Rio, Jonathan P.; Mannion, Philip D. (6 September 2021). "Phylogenetic analysis of a new morphological dataset elucidates the evolutionary history of Crocodylia and resolves the long-standing gharial problem". PeerJ. 9: e12094. doi:10.7717/peerj.12094.
- ^ T. E. White. 1942. A new alligator from the Miocene of Florida. Copeia 1942(1):3-7
- ^ "Alligator olseni". Florida Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
- ^ "Alligator olseni". Fossilworks. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
Categories:
- Alligatoridae
- Miocene reptiles of North America
- Fossil taxa described in 1942
- Prehistoric archosaur stubs