Eoalligator

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Eoalligator
Fossil range: Paleocene
Partial skull and jaw of Eoalligator huiningensis, on display at the Beijing Museum of Natural History.
Partial skull and jaw of Eoalligator huiningensis, on display at the Beijing Museum of Natural History.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Sauropsida
Subclass: Diapsida
Infraclass: Archosauromorpha
Genus: Eoalligator
Young, 1964

Eoalligator is an extinct genus of crocodilian which lived during the Paleocene. First described by Chinese paleontologist C.C. Young in 1964, two species have been named: Eoalligator chunyii and Eoalligator huiningensis.

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