Paralligator

Paralligator is an extinct genus of neosuchian crocodylomorph that lived during the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian-Maastrichtian) period in what is now the Bayan Shireh and Nemegt formations of Mongolia, approximately 96 million to 70 million years ago. P. gradilifrons reached up to 4 m (13 ft) in length.

Paralligator
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous,
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P. gradilifrons and P. major skulls from the Bayan Shireh Formation
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Archosauria
Clade: Pseudosuchia
Clade: Crocodylomorpha
Clade: Crocodyliformes
Clade: Neosuchia
Family: Paralligatoridae
Genus: Paralligator
Type species
Paralligator gradilifrons
Konzhukova, 1954
Other species
  • P. ancestralis Efimov, 1981
  • P. major Efimov, 1981
Synonyms
  • Shamosuchus tersus
    Efimov, 1983
  • Shamosuchus ulanicus
    Efimov, 1983
  • Shamosuchus ulgicus
    Efimov, 1981
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