Genus: Eoalligator YOUNG, 1964
Etymology: Greek, eos, "dawn, primorial," combined with Alligator.

Species: chunyii YOUNG, 1964
Etymology:

Holotype: IVPP V 2716-1.2

Locality: Nanhsiung, Kwangtung, Guangdong Province, China.

Horizon: Shanghu Formation.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Paleocene Epoch, Lower Paleogene Period, Lower Tertiary Subera, Cenozoic Era.

Material: Posterior portion of a skull and incomplete lower jaw.

Referred material:

IVPP V 2716-1.1: Posterior part of skull, a proatlas, and atlas.

IVPP V 2716-2.1: Incomplete left premaxilla, left dentary.

IVPP V 2716.2.2: Incomplete left maxilla, and lacrimal..

IVPP V 2716-3: Quadrate, left jaw.

IVPP V 2716-5: Left femoral head.

IVPP v 2716-7: 6 disarticulated osteoderms.

IVPP V 2716-11: incomplete skull.

IVPP V 2716-12: Incomplete right jugal with ectopterygoid.

IVPP V 2716-13: Posterior part of skull.

IVPP V 2716-14: Incomplete right jugal, postorbital..

Posterior portion of a skull and incomplete lower jaw.

IVPP V 2721.4: Caudal vertebra.

IVPP V 2721.5: An anterior part of right lower jaw, posterior part of left lower jaw, a cervical vertebrae.

IVPP V 2771: A poorly preserved lower jaw with some isolated teeth.


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