Biology:Alligator olseni
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Short description: Extinct species of reptile
| Olsen's alligator | |
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| Forelimbs of Alligator olseni | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Archosauromorpha |
| Clade: | Archosauriformes |
| Order: | Crocodilia |
| Family: | Alligatoridae |
| Subfamily: | Alligatorinae |
| Genus: | Alligator |
| Species: | A. olseni
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| Binomial name | |
| Alligator olseni White, 1942
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Alligator olseni (common name Olsen's Alligator, named after Russel Olsen) is an extinct species of alligator. They lived in the Early Miocene period, around 20.4–15.97 million years ago and possibly earlier.[2] Their range was principally in what is now known as Florida, United States, and possibly extending into southeastern Texas .[3][4]
References
- ↑ Rio, Jonathan P.; Mannion, Philip D. (6 September 2021). "Phylogenetic analysis of a new morphological dataset elucidates the evolutionary history of Crocodylia and resolves the long-standing gharial problem". PeerJ 9: e12094. doi:10.7717/peerj.12094. PMID 34567843.
- ↑ T. E. White. 1942. A new alligator from the Miocene of Florida. Copeia 1942(1):3-7
- ↑ "Alligator olseni". Florida Museum of Natural History. https://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/florida-vertebrate-fossils/species/alligator-olseni.
- ↑ "Alligator olseni". Fossilworks. http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=110673.
Wikidata ☰ Q24884739 entry
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