Interesting Facts
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Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- Auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Eusuchia
()
- Subclass:
Crocodylomorpha
()
- Hay, 1930 (Walker, 1968)
- Infraclass:
Archosauromorpha
()
- Order:
Crocodylia
()
- Gmelin, 1789
- Suborder:
Eusuchia
()
- Family:
Alligatoridae
()
- Genus:
Alligator
()
- Cuvier, 1817
- Specific name:
thomsoni
- Scientific name: - Alligator thomsoni
- Specific name:
thomsoni
- Genus:
Alligator
(
- Family:
Alligatoridae
(
- Suborder:
Eusuchia
(
- Order:
Crocodylia
(
- Infraclass:
Archosauromorpha
(
- Subclass:
Crocodylomorpha
(
- Class:
Eusuchia
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Alligator
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 3 species and subspecies in this genus:
A. mississipiensis (Alligator) · A. mississippiensis (American Alligator) · A. sinensis (Chinese Alligator)
More Info
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- Search using Specialized Databases: GenBank | Medline | Scirus | CISTI/CAL | Agricola Periodicals | Agricola Books
Further Reading
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- A new fossil alligator from Nebraska / by Karl P. Schmidt. Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History, 1941. url p. 28, p. 32.
- Central Asiatic Expeditions of the American Museum of Natural History, under the leadership of Roy Chapman Andrews: preliminary contributions in geology, palaeontology, and zoology / by R.C. Andrews. .. [et al.] [New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1926-1930]. url p. 553, p. 555, p. 562.
- Occurrence of the alligatoroid genus Allognathosuchus in the Lower Oligocene / by Bryan Patterson --; Oliver Cummings Farrington --, editor. Chicago: Field Museum Press, 1931. url p. 223, p. 226.
- The reptiles of China: turtles, crocodilians, snakes, lizards / by Clifford H. Pope; with 78 illustrations in the text, including a map, and 27 plates at end. New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1935. url p. 68.
Notes
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Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 9, 2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 12, 2007:
- Marine Science Institute, UCSB, Paleobiology Database
Identifiers
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 16333366
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2501961
Curator for this page: Marco de Andrade. Date last reviewed: 12/30/1899
