Alligatorinae

Alligatorinae Temporal range: Paleocene-Holocene,^[1] 60–0 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Superorder:	Crocodylomorpha
Order:	Crocodilia
Family:	Alligatoridae
Subfamily:	Alligatorinae Gray, 1844
Genera
1 extant. 9 fossil. See text.

Alligatorinae is one of two subfamilies of the family Alligatoridae. There are ten known genera in this subfamily, but only one is extant.

Taxonomy

Subfamily Alligatorinae
- Genus Alligator
- Genus Chrysochampsa (extinct)
- Genus Hassiacosuchus (extinct)
- Genus Navajosuchus (extinct)
- Genus Ceratosuchus (extinct)
- Genus Allognathosuchus (extinct)
- Genus Arambourgia (extinct)
- Genus Procaimanoidea (extinct)
- Genus Wannaganosuchus (extinct)
- Genus Krabisuchus (extinct)

Extant Crocodilian species

Alligator	American alligator (A. mississippiensis) Chinese alligator (A. sinensis)

Caiman	Broad-snouted caiman (C. latirostris) Spectacled caiman (C. crocodilus) Yacare caiman (C. yacare)

Melanosuchus	Black caiman (M. niger)

Paleosuchus	Cuvier's dwarf caiman (P. palpebrosus) Smooth-fronted caiman (P. trigonatus)

Family Crocodylidae (Crocodiles)

Crocodylus	American crocodile (C. acutus) Slender-snouted crocodile (C. cataphractus) Orinoco crocodile (C. intermedius) Freshwater crocodile (C. johnsoni) Philippine crocodile (C. mindorensis) Morelet's crocodile (C. moreletii) Nile crocodile (C. niloticus) New Guinea crocodile (C. novaeguineae) Mugger crocodile (C. palustris) Saltwater crocodile (C. porosus) Cuban crocodile (C. rhombifer) Siamese crocodile (C. siamensis) West African crocodile (C. suchus)

Osteolaemus	Dwarf crocodile (O. tetraspis)

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