Alligator_mcgrewi

<i>Alligator mcgrewi</i>

Alligator mcgrewi

Extinct species of reptile

Alligator mcgrewi is an extinct species of alligator described by K.P. Schmidt in 1941. They lived in the Early Miocene period,[2][3] and their range was principally in what is now Nebraska, United States.[2]

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Classification

Alligator mcgrewi is a member of the subfamily Alligatorinae, within the larger family Alligatoridae. It is related to the living American alligator and Chinese alligator, as shown in the cladogram below:[4][5]

Alligatoridae

Measurements

The average measurements for the skull of A. mcgrewi are 145 x 96 in millimeters. Based on the length, the estimated body mass was 3 kg.[2]

References

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    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. PMC 8428266. PMID 34567843.
  2. [2]
    "†Alligator mcgrewi Schmidt 1941 (Alligator)". Paleobiology Database. Fossilworks. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  3. [3]
    Alligator mcgrewi Schmidt, 1941 in Paleobiology Database (2018). The Paleobiology Database. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/zzoyxi accessed via GBIF.org on 2020-11-05.
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    Hastings, A. K.; Bloch, J. I.; Jaramillo, C. A.; Rincon, A. F.; MacFadden, B. J. (2013). "Systematics and biogeography of crocodylians from the Miocene of Panama". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 33 (2): 239. Bibcode:2013JVPal..33..239H. doi:10.1080/02724634.2012.713814. S2CID 83972694.
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    Brochu, C. A. (2011). "Phylogenetic relationships of Necrosuchus ionensis Simpson, 1937 and the early history of caimanines". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 163: S228–S256. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2011.00716.x.


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