A new alligatoroid from the Eocene of Vietnam highlights an extinct Asian clade independent from extant Alligator sinensis

During systematic paleontological surveys in the Na Duong Basin in North Vietnam between 2009 and 2012, well-preserved fossilized cranial and postcranial remains belonging to at least 29 individuals of a middle to late Eocene (late Bartonian to Priabonian age (39–35 Ma)) alligatoroid were collected....

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Main Authors: Tobias Massonne, Davit Vasilyan, Márton Rabi, Madelaine Böhme
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2019-11-01
Series:PeerJ
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/7562.pdf