alligatorid

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An alligatorid (Caiman crocodilus)

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alligatorid (plural alligatorids)

  1. (zoology) Any reptile of the family Alligatoridae; a caiman or alligator.
    • 1956, Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia, volume 31, page 554:
      This species is large compared with known Eocene alligatorids, although its character states present a mosaic of resemblances to earlier and later alligatorids.
    • 1989, International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, Crocodiles: Their Ecology, Management, and Conservation[1], page 24:
      Although most alligatorids have ventral osteoderms, the American alligator usually has only poorly developed single osteoderms in the pectoral and midventral regions, if at all (Fig. 6C and D).
    • 2009, S. Blair Hedges, Sudhir Kumar, The timetree of life[2], →ISBN, page 403:
      The oldest alligatorid, Navajosuchus mooki, is from the lowermost Paleocene (66-62 Ma).

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