Alligatorinae

Alligatorinae
Temporal range: Paleocene-Holocene,[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Archosauromorpha
Clade: Archosauriformes
Order: Crocodilia
Family: Alligatoridae
Subfamily: Alligatorinae
Gray, 1844
Genera

Alligatorinae is a subfamily within the family Alligatoridae that contains the alligators and their closest extinct relatives, and is the sister taxon to Caimaninae (the caimans). Many genera in Alligatorinae are described, but only the genus Alligator is still living, with the remaining genera extinct.

  1. ^ "The Paleobiology Database: Alligatoridae". Archived from the original on 2018-11-14. Retrieved 2012-02-08.

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