Crocodylia

Alligator mississippiensis (Daudin, 1801), a relative of Crocodylia — not Crocodylia itself

Not Crocodylia. This is Alligator mississippiensis (Daudin, 1801), a relative.

John R. Finnerty · CC BY-NC 4.0 · via GBIF. May be a photograph of a specimen, or an artist’s reconstruction — an interpretation of a skeleton, since colour and soft tissue are almost never preserved.

On record

Recorded, not inferred
Also called
crocodilianPBDB
Sits inside
EusuchiaPBDB
Diet
carnivorePBDB
Motility
actively mobilePBDB, for Osteichthyes
Environment
marinePBDB, for Mesoeucrocodylia

Time the record covers

At least 227 million years on record.

The record covers at least 227.3 Mya to 11.7 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 237 Mya to 0 Mya.

Middle Triassic — about 0 of 3273 occurrencesLate Triassic — about 3 of 3273 occurrencesLate TriassicEarly Jurassic — about 4 of 3273 occurrencesEarly JurassicMiddle Jurassic — about 24 of 3273 occurrencesLate Jurassic — about 52 of 3273 occurrencesEarly Cretaceous — about 154 of 3273 occurrencesEarly CretaceousLate Cretaceous — about 779 of 3273 occurrencesLate CretaceousPaleocene — about 234 of 3273 occurrencesEocene — about 534 of 3273 occurrencesEoceneOligocene — about 133 of 3273 occurrencesMiocene — about 791 of 3273 occurrencesPliocene — about 148 of 3273 occurrencesPleistocene — about 348 of 3273 occurrences242–234 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences234–226 Mya — about 1 occurrence226–218 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences218–210 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences210–201 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences201–193 Mya — about 2 occurrences193–185 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences185–177 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences177–169 Mya — about 4 occurrences169–161 Mya — about 20 occurrences161–153 Mya — about 7 occurrences153–145 Mya — about 36 occurrences145–137 Mya — about 41 occurrences137–129 Mya — about 13 occurrences129–121 Mya — about 34 occurrences121–113 Mya — about 25 occurrences113–105 Mya — about 31 occurrences105–97 Mya — about 50 occurrences97–89 Mya — about 42 occurrences89–81 Mya — about 99 occurrences81–73 Mya — about 216 occurrences73–64 Mya — about 459 occurrences64–56 Mya — about 153 occurrences56–48 Mya — about 288 occurrences48–40 Mya — about 151 occurrences40–32 Mya — about 121 occurrences32–24 Mya — about 99 occurrences24–16 Mya — about 241 occurrences16–8.1 Mya — about 439 occurrences8.1–0 Mya — about 698 occurrences227.3 Mya11.7 ka242 Mya0 Mya

3,273 occurrences of Crocodylia on record, most of them in the Miocene. The Paleobiology Database records this as a living group. Bar height is expected occurrences, not a count: each fossil is spread across the span it is dated to, so a tall narrow bar means tight dating and a low wide one means loose.

When

3,273 occurrences

These are dates about fossils, not the animal: the record can only begin after it arose and end before it died out, so either end may reach further. Shares are expected occurrences: a fossil dated to a span is counted partly in each period it straddles. More on what this infers.

Found in

602 formations

Hell Creek — 47.80°N, 106.10°WHell Creek — 47.68°N, 106.43°WHell Creek — 45.95°N, 103.96°WHell Creek — 46.10°N, 103.30°WHell Creek — 45.98°N, 103.75°WHell Creek — 46.41°N, 103.94°WHell Creek — 46.38°N, 103.96°WHell Creek — 46.18°N, 103.84°WHell Creek — 46.14°N, 103.80°WHell Creek — 46.46°N, 104.02°WHell Creek — 46.33°N, 103.90°WHell Creek — 45.94°N, 103.95°WHell Creek — 45.53°N, 101.63°WHell Creek — 47.55°N, 107.13°WHell Creek — 47.62°N, 107.32°WHell Creek — 47.52°N, 106.98°WHell Creek — 47.57°N, 107.10°WHell Creek — 47.52°N, 106.40°WHell Creek — 47.58°N, 106.30°WHell Creek — 47.55°N, 107.25°WHell Creek — 47.60°N, 106.43°WHell Creek — 47.53°N, 106.92°WHell Creek — 47.07°N, 106.92°WHell Creek — 47.60°N, 107.23°WHell Creek — 46.90°N, 101.50°WHell Creek — 46.09°N, 100.63°WHell Creek — 47.60°N, 107.00°WHell Creek — 47.32°N, 107.15°WHell Creek — 47.95°N, 105.63°WHell Creek — 46.33°N, 104.01°WHell Creek — 45.83°N, 103.90°WHell Creek — 46.41°N, 103.50°WHell Creek — 46.24°N, 107.38°WHell Creek — 47.64°N, 106.57°WHell Creek — 45.66°N, 105.08°WHell Creek — 45.89°N, 104.55°WHell Creek — 45.50°N, 103.10°WHell Creek — 45.64°N, 103.49°WHell Creek — 45.95°N, 104.92°WHell Creek — 45.00°N, 103.19°WHell Creek — 46.00°N, 103.19°WWillwood — 43.95°N, 107.57°WWillwood — 44.30°N, 109.00°WWillwood — 44.83°N, 109.09°WWillwood — 44.63°N, 108.89°WWillwood — 44.44°N, 108.63°WWillwood — 44.50°N, 108.67°WWillwood — 44.56°N, 108.70°WWillwood — 44.59°N, 108.62°WWillwood — 44.53°N, 108.43°WWillwood — 44.37°N, 108.67°WWillwood — 44.65°N, 108.54°WWillwood — 44.60°N, 108.32°WWillwood — 44.59°N, 108.41°WWillwood — 44.53°N, 108.32°WWillwood — 44.65°N, 108.72°WWillwood — 44.65°N, 108.54°WWillwood — 44.52°N, 108.57°WWillwood — 44.65°N, 108.90°WWillwood — 44.65°N, 108.83°WWillwood — 44.64°N, 108.76°WWillwood — 44.41°N, 108.79°WWillwood — 44.33°N, 108.77°WWillwood — 43.92°N, 108.66°WWillwood — 44.10°N, 108.03°WWillwood — 44.28°N, 108.58°WWillwood — 44.30°N, 108.20°WKoobi Fora — 3.90°N, 36.24°EKoobi Fora — 3.98°N, 36.32°EKoobi Fora — 4.31°N, 36.27°EKoobi Fora — 4.24°N, 36.26°EKoobi Fora — 4.29°N, 36.23°EKoobi Fora — 3.77°N, 36.44°EKoobi Fora — 3.78°N, 36.33°EKoobi Fora — 3.59°N, 36.24°EKoobi Fora — 3.87°N, 36.37°EKoobi Fora — 3.94°N, 36.25°EKoobi Fora — 4.18°N, 36.42°EKoobi Fora — 4.08°N, 36.35°EKoobi Fora — 4.07°N, 36.37°EUrumaco — 11.22°N, 70.24°WUrumaco — 11.24°N, 70.31°WUrumaco — 11.27°N, 70.22°WUrumaco — 11.38°N, 69.93°WUrumaco — 11.17°S, 70.30°WUrumaco — 11.20°N, 70.36°WDenver — 39.70°N, 104.70°WDenver — 38.91°N, 104.53°WDenver — 39.50°N, 104.70°WDenver — 39.30°N, 104.30°WLance — 43.35°N, 104.48°WLance — 43.30°N, 104.37°WLance — 44.77°N, 100.70°WLance — 43.12°N, 104.64°WLance — 41.57°N, 108.67°WLance — 41.57°N, 108.65°WLance — 43.18°N, 104.53°WLance — 43.15°N, 104.57°WLance — 43.13°N, 104.49°WLance — 43.80°N, 104.62°WLance — 45.75°N, 101.20°WLance — 45.04°N, 108.80°WLance — 43.00°N, 104.50°WLance — 43.27°N, 104.62°WLance — 43.27°N, 104.65°WLance — 43.43°N, 105.05°WLance — 45.67°N, 101.48°WLance — 45.39°N, 103.70°WLance — 41.91°N, 104.20°WLance — 43.49°N, 104.46°WPebas — 3.99°S, 73.17°WPebas — 4.01°S, 73.37°WPebas — 4.30°S, 73.46°WPebas — 7.36°S, 74.96°WPebas — 4.01°S, 73.03°WPebas — 2.81°S, 73.55°WPebas — 3.74°S, 73.25°WDinosaur Park — 50.81°N, 111.32°WDinosaur Park — 50.73°N, 111.53°WDinosaur Park — 50.81°N, 111.63°WDinosaur Park — 49.12°N, 110.47°WDinosaur Park — 50.75°N, 111.48°WDinosaur Park — 50.75°N, 111.40°WDinosaur Park — 49.07°N, 110.45°WDinosaur Park — 50.56°N, 111.46°WDinosaur Park — 50.68°N, 108.09°WDinosaur Park — 50.51°N, 110.39°WFort Union — 44.91°N, 108.93°WFort Union — 44.68°N, 108.34°WFort Union — 44.68°N, 108.35°WFort Union — 44.67°N, 108.45°WFort Union — 43.85°N, 108.35°WFort Union — 44.30°N, 109.00°WFort Union — 46.05°N, 104.48°WFort Union — 46.90°N, 101.50°WFort Union — 47.60°N, 107.00°WBridger — 42.37°N, 108.91°WBridger — 42.42°N, 109.35°WBridger — 41.13°N, 110.13°WBridger — 41.70°N, 109.00°WBridger — 41.80°N, 110.70°WBridger — 41.20°N, 110.50°WBridger — 41.27°N, 110.34°WBridger — 41.27°N, 109.93°WBridger — 41.04°N, 110.23°WOldman — 50.75°N, 111.51°WOldman — 49.10°N, 110.94°WOldman — 49.08°N, 110.84°WOldman — 49.08°N, 110.68°WOldman — 49.16°N, 110.72°WOldman — 50.83°N, 111.32°WOldman — 50.48°N, 111.38°WOldman — 49.36°N, 110.58°WSolimões — 8.78°S, 68.90°WSolimões — 10.13°S, 67.81°WSolimões — 9.08°S, 68.67°WSolimões — 8.16°S, 70.55°WSolimões — 9.05°S, 68.77°WSolimões — 7.84°S, 69.15°WSolimões — 10.95°S, 69.66°WSolimões — 10.95°S, 69.65°WSolimões — 10.94°S, 69.52°WSolimões — 10.94°S, 69.31°WSolimões — 9.20°S, 72.72°WSolimões — 9.39°S, 72.72°WSolimões — 8.37°S, 72.81°WSolimões — 11.00°S, 68.77°WSolimões — 8.79°S, 67.50°WSolimões — 6.50°S, 69.67°WMorrison — 41.88°N, 105.89°WMorrison — 44.18°N, 103.34°WMorrison — 41.97°N, 106.29°WMorrison — 41.98°N, 106.15°WMorrison — 38.53°N, 105.22°WMorrison — 41.89°N, 106.00°WMorrison — 42.16°N, 105.91°WMorrison — 42.04°N, 106.39°WMorrison — 40.50°N, 109.17°WMorrison — 44.02°N, 104.24°WMorrison — 38.58°N, 108.40°WMorrison — 41.92°N, 106.36°WMorrison — 40.46°N, 108.39°WMorrison — 36.92°N, 102.98°WMorrison — 38.81°N, 108.32°WMorrison — 43.62°N, 108.18°WMorrison — 42.53°N, 106.76°WMorrison — 38.34°N, 109.10°WMorrison — 42.73°N, 108.58°WMorrison — 44.46°N, 104.73°WMorrison — 39.33°N, 110.66°WMorrison — 40.30°N, 108.57°WMorrison — 40.27°N, 108.68°WCloverly — 44.51°N, 107.90°WCloverly — 43.73°N, 108.33°WCloverly — 45.34°N, 108.81°WCloverly — 44.69°N, 108.24°WCloverly — 44.98°N, 108.32°WCloverly — 45.45°N, 108.10°WCloverly — 45.44°N, 108.14°WCloverly — 45.26°N, 108.41°WCloverly — 44.65°N, 107.88°WCloverly — 44.50°N, 107.82°WCloverly — 44.48°N, 109.05°WCloverly — 44.44°N, 109.06°WCloverly — 45.19°N, 108.80°WCloverly — 45.80°N, 109.80°WSolimoes — 10.12°S, 66.88°WSolimoes — 10.93°S, 69.09°WSolimoes — 8.18°S, 70.48°WSolimoes — 9.07°S, 68.66°WSolimoes — 9.02°S, 68.81°WSolimoes — 7.66°S, 72.54°WSolimoes — 10.94°S, 69.34°WFerris — 41.94°N, 106.88°WFerris — 41.80°N, 107.00°WFerris — 41.96°N, 106.89°WAguja — 29.32°N, 103.52°WAguja — 29.20°N, 103.55°WAguja — 29.10°N, 103.17°WAguja — 29.29°N, 103.55°WAguja — 29.16°N, 103.16°WOlduvai — 2.99°S, 35.35°EOlduvai — 2.98°S, 34.32°EOlduvai — 2.98°S, 35.37°EGreen River — 41.67°N, 107.98°WGreen River — 40.20°N, 109.90°WGreen River — 41.80°N, 110.70°WGreen River — 41.20°N, 110.50°WGreen River — 39.75°N, 108.80°WGreen River — 43.24°N, 108.11°WGreen River — 40.50°N, 110.00°WGreen River — 43.91°N, 109.71°WGreen River — 42.13°N, 110.13°WTudela — 42.07°N, 1.61°WTudela — 42.06°N, 1.55°WPozo — 7.33°S, 74.95°WPozo — 6.58°S, 76.28°WHornerstown — 39.76°N, 75.13°WHornerstown — 39.82°N, 75.01°WHornerstown — 39.90°N, 74.81°WHornerstown — 40.12°N, 74.55°WHornerstown — 40.15°N, 74.72°WHornerstown — 39.97°N, 74.68°WHornerstown — 39.76°N, 75.16°WHornerstown — 40.30°N, 74.10°WWasatch — 42.37°N, 108.91°WWasatch — 42.72°N, 110.10°WWasatch — 41.80°N, 110.70°WWasatch — 42.07°N, 109.10°WWasatch — 41.70°N, 109.00°WFruitland — 36.49°N, 108.49°WFruitland — 36.27°N, 108.26°WFruitland — 36.27°N, 108.21°WFruitland — 36.29°N, 108.55°W

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The named rock units Crocodylia has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 578 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 635 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Crocodylia and its relatives

Miocene

Where Crocodylia and its relatives were recorded in the Miocene.

Found in the same rock

2,830 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records at least 1,533 sites for Crocodylia, and this reads 240 of them. The number is how many of those sites it was catalogued from too. The 24 sharing the most are listed.

This is not a list of everything alive at the time. It is only what has come out of the same ground as this animal and been written down.

Entered from

1,251 references

Each of the 3,273 occurrences read was entered from one of these publications, ordered by how many each accounts for. This is not a search for papers mentioning the name. 1,239 further references are not listed. Entries link to doi.org where the Paleobiology Database holds an identifier, and to its own record where it does not. Relayed as the Paleobiology Database holds them, not checked against what they resolve to.

Media and terms

Media content3

Picture of Alligator mississippiensis (Daudin, 1801)

Source
GBIF
Credit
John R. Finnerty
Licence
CC BY-NC 4.0
Commercial use
the licence does not allow it

Structured light scan

Licence
not stated by the source
Commercial use
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Specimen
Crocodylia indet. · dmnh:epv:150705

3D model

Source
Sketchfab
Licence
CC Attribution-NonCommercial
Commercial use
the licence does not allow it

This is what the site found, which is not the same as what exists.

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Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. (Owen 1842)