Alligatoroidea

Alligatoroidea; Temporal range: Late Cretaceous - Recent,
	Alligators (shown above) and caimans are living members of the superfamily Alligatoroidea.
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Clade:	Archosauromorpha
Clade:	Archosauriformes
Order:	Crocodilia
Superfamily:	Alligatoroidea; Gray, 1844
Subgroups
	Globidonta; †Diplocynodontinae; †Deinosuchus; †Listrognathosuchus; †Leidyosuchus;

Alligatoroidea is one of three superfamilies of crocodylians, the other two being Crocodyloidea and Gavialoidea. Alligatoroidea evolved in the Late Cretaceous period, and consists of the alligators and caimans, as well as extinct members more closely related to the alligators than the two other groups.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.