Alligatorinae

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Related to Alligatoridae: Crocodylidae, Anguidae

Alligatorinae

[‚al·ə·gə′tȯr·ə‚nē]
(vertebrate zoology)
A subgroup of the crocodilian family Crocodylidae that includes alligators, caimans, Melanosuchus, and Paleosuchus.
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Indeed, globular posterior teeth are also characteristic of the immediate sister taxa to Alligatoridae (Norell et al.
Fossil crocodylians from the Eocene Devil's Graveyard and Canoe Formations, Brewster County, Texas
The black caiman (Melanosuchus niger) belongs to the order Crocodilia and family Alligatoridae.
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En el nordeste argentino habitan dos especies autoctonas de crocodylidos de la familia Alligatoridae (Caiman latirostris y Caiman yacare) (5).
Analisis multivariado de los cambios hematicos y morfometricos de Caiman latirostris y Caiman yacare segun especie, sexo y estacion del ano
Gastric Nematodes of the Paraguayan caiman Caiman yacare Alligatoridae.
Enfermedades en caimanes del orinoco (Crocodylus intermedius) y caimanes de la costa (Crocodylus acutus) mantenidos en zoocriaderos Venezolanos

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