Protoalligator

Protoalligator is an extinct genus of alligatoroid crocodilian found in the Anhui province of China and lived during the Paleocene.

Protoalligator
Temporal range: Paleocene
Partial skull and jaw of Protoalligator huiningensis, on display at the Paleozoological Museum of China
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Archosauromorpha
Clade: Archosauriformes
Order: Crocodilia
Superfamily: Alligatoroidea
Clade: Globidonta
Clade: Orientalosuchina
Genus: Protoalligator
Wang, Sullivan & Liu, 2016
Species
  • P. huiningensis Wang, Sullivan & Liu, 2016
Synonyms
  • Eoalligator huiningensis Young, 1962 (type)
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