Alligatorinae

Alligatorinae Temporal range: Paleocene-Holocene,^[1] 60–0 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Crocodilia
Family:	Alligatoridae
Subfamily:	Alligatorinae Gray, 1844
Genera
1 extant. 9 fossil. See text.

Alligatorinae is one of two subfamilies of the family Alligatoridae. There are ten known genera in this subfamily, but only one is extant.

Taxonomy

Subfamily Alligatorinae
- Genus Alligator
- Genus Chrysochampsa (extinct)
- Genus Hassiacosuchus (extinct)
- Genus Navajosuchus (extinct)
- Genus Ceratosuchus (extinct)
- Genus Allognathosuchus (extinct)
- Genus Arambourgia (extinct)
- Genus Procaimanoidea (extinct)
- Genus Wannaganosuchus (extinct)
- Genus Krabisuchus (extinct)

Extant Crocodilian species

Gavialis	Gharial (G. gangeticus)
Tomistoma	False gharial (T. schlegelii)

Alligator	American alligator (A. mississippiensis) Chinese alligator (A. sinensis)

Caiman	Broad-snouted caiman (C. latirostris) Spectacled caiman (C. crocodilus) Yacare caiman (C. yacare)
Melanosuchus	Black caiman (M. niger)
Paleosuchus	Cuvier's dwarf caiman (P. palpebrosus) Smooth-fronted caiman (P. trigonatus)

Family Crocodylidae (Crocodiles)

Crocodylus

Osteolaemus

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