Fossil of Deep-Snouted Alligator Species Found in Thailand https://www.sci.news/paleontology/alligator-munensis-12106.html

An #extinct deep-snouted Alligator species from the #Quaternary of #Thailand and comments on the #evolution of crushing dentition in alligatorids https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-36559-6

"The newly-identified species is closely related to the #ChineseAlligator (#Alligator sinensis), the only living representative of Alligatoridae (the crown-group of #caimans and #alligators) outside the #Americas."