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Three extant crocodilian species clockwise from top-left: saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus), American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis), and gharial (Gavialis gangeticus) Crocodilia is an order of mostly large, predatory, semiaquatic reptiles, which includes true crocodiles, the alligators, and caimans; as well as the gharial and ...
Check out the latest A-Z-Animals video detailing key differences in physical characteristics, diet, and the preferred habitat of crocodiles and alligators. Lastly, we’ll make our prediction of ...
The gharial (Gavialis gangeticus), also known as gavial or fish-eating crocodile, is a crocodilian in the family Gavialidae and among the longest of all living crocodilians. . Mature females are 2.6 to 4.5 m (8 ft 6 in to 14 ft 9 in) long, and males 3 to 6 m (9 ft 10 in to 19 ft 8
Gavialoidea is cladistically defined as Gavialis gangeticus (the gharial) and all crocodylians closer to it than to Alligator mississippiensis (the American alligator) or Crocodylus niloticus (the Nile crocodile). [4] [5] This is a stem-based definition for gavialoids, and is more inclusive than the crown group Gavialidae. [6]
At first glance, alligators and crocodiles may look alike, but there are several distinct differences if you look closer. They are both large reptiles with tough skin, lizard-like bodies, stubby ...
Alligators and crocodiles differ in some key ways, from their scales to teeth to snout shape and beyond. Watch the latest video from A-Z-Animals to discover fascinating facts about these two ...
Caimaninae is cladistically defined as Caiman crocodylus (the spectacled caiman) and all species closer to it than to Alligator mississippiensis (the American alligator). [ 8 ] [ 9 ] This is a stem-based definition for caimaninae, and means that it includes more basal extinct caimanine ancestors that are more closely related to living caimans ...
An alligator nest at Everglades National Park, Florida, United States Alligator olseni forelimb Alligator prenasalis fossil. The superfamily Alligatoroidea is thought to have split from the crocodile-gharial lineage in the late Cretaceous, about 80 million years ago, but possibly as early as 100 million years ago based on molecular phylogenetics.