Alligator hailensis

Alligator hailensis, named after the site where it was found by J.B. Stout, is a large, extinct species of Alligator, known from the early Pleistocene (Blancan land mammal age, 2 Ma) of Florida. Its age and skeletal morphology is intermediate between the geologically older Alligator mefferdi and the modern American Alligator, making it a transitional fossil.[1][2][3]

Alligator hailensis
Temporal range: Early Pleistocene-2 Ma
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Skull of the Alligator hailensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Crocodilia
Family: Alligatoridae
Genus: Alligator
Species:
†A. hailensis
Binomial name
†Alligator hailensis
Stout, 2020

References
  1. Stout, J.B. (2020). "New early Pleistocene Alligator (Eusuchia: Crocodylia) from Florida bridges a Gap in Alligator evolution". Zootaxa. 4868 (1): 41–60. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4868.1.3.
  2. Biotaxa, www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4868.1.3.
  3. PBDB. “Alligator Hailensis Stout 2020 (Alligator).” PBDB, paleobiodb.org/classic/basicTaxonInfo?taxon_no=427868


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