Eoalligator
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| Eoalligator Temporal range: Paleocene | |
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| Partial skull and jaw of Eoalligator huiningensis, on display at the Paleozoological Museum of China. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Superorder: | Crocodylomorpha |
| Order: | Crocodilia |
| Family: | Alligatoridae |
| Subfamily: | Alligatorinae |
| 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.
External links
- Alligatoroidea, Mikko's Phylogeny Archive
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