Paralligator is an extinct genus of crocodylomorph that lived during the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian-Maastrichtian) period in what is now the Bayan Shireh and Nemegt Formation formations of Mongolia, approximately 96 million to 70 million years ago. P. gradilifrons reached up to in length.
Taxonomy
Two species are recognized:
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Misassigned species
"Paralligator" sungaricus, described from the Early Cretaceous Nenjiang Formation of Jilin Province, China, is based on postcranial remains consisting of a few presacral vertebrae, dorsal osteoderms, a partial left femur, and the proximal part of a left tibia and fibula.[ Turner (2015) also referred P. ancestralis a junior subjective synonym of P. gradilifrons.][
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