Meanings
plural paralligatorids
- biologyAny extinct neosuchian crocodyliform in the family Paralligatoridae
If the Hungarian specimen is from a paralligatorid, then it would be the first occurrence of the group in the European archipelago.
2015, Attila Ősi et al., “An enigmatic crocodyliform tooth from the bauxites of western Hungary suggests hidden mesoeucrocodylian diversity in the Early Cretaceous European archipelago”, in PeerJ, volume 3, →DOI
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