Species Classification: ‭ ‬Alligatoridae

In Depth        In life Procaimanoidea would have lived like a small alligator feeding upon a variety of animals from fish such as Diplomystus,‭ ‬to invertebrates like freshwater shrimp.‭ ‬The main evidence for this comes from the two different kinds of teeth in the jaws,‭ ‬sharper conical teeth in the front,‭ ‬and more rounded teeth in … Read more

In Depth        In‭ ‬1941‭ ‬an alligator specimen from the Green River Formation was interpreted as being a new species of Hassiacosuchus by C.‭ ‬C.‭ ‬Mook.‭ ‬However a later‭ ‬1967‭ ‬study by Wassersug and Hecht found the remains of the second species actually belonged within the Procaimanoidea genus,‭ ‬and as such‭ ‬the second species of Hassiacosuchus … Read more