Editing Alligatoridae (section)

== Taxonomy ==
{{See also|List of crocodilians}}† = extinct[[File:Crocnest.JPG|thumb|right|An alligator nest at [[Everglades National Park]], [[Florida]], United States]]
[[File:Spectacled caiman by Keven Law.jpg|thumb|[[Spectacled caiman]] head]]
[[File:Wikipedia-7744.jpg|thumb|[[Black caiman]], [[Jauaperi River]], Amazonia]]
[[File:Caïman de Schneider (Paleosuchus trigonatus).jpg|thumb|Head of [[smooth-fronted caiman]]]]
* '''Family Alligatoridae'''
** '''Subfamily [[Alligatorinae]]'''
*** Genus ''[[Alligator]]''
**** † ''[[Alligator hailensis]]''
**** † ''[[Alligator mcgrewi]]''
**** † ''[[Alligator mefferdi]]''
**** ''Alligator mississippiensis'', [[American alligator]]
**** † ''[[Alligator olseni]]''
**** † ''[[Alligator prenasalis]]''
**** ''Alligator sinensis'', [[Chinese alligator]]
**** † ''[[Alligator thomsoni]]''
*** Genus † ''[[Allognathosuchus]]''
*** Genus † ''[[Arambourgia]]''
*** Genus † ''[[Ceratosuchus]]''
*** Genus † ''[[Chrysochampsa]]''
*** Genus † ''[[Eoalligator]]''
*** Genus † ''[[Hassiacosuchus]]''
*** Genus † ''[[Krabisuchus]]''
*** Genus † ''[[Navajosuchus]]''?
*** Genus † ''[[Procaimanoidea]]''
*** Genus † ''[[Wannaganosuchus]]''
** '''Subfamily [[Caimaninae]]'''
*** Genus † ''[[Acresuchus]]''
*** Genus † ''[[Bottosaurus]]''<ref>{{cite journal |author=Adam P. Cossette |year=2020 |title=A new species of ''Bottosaurus'' (Alligatoroidea: Caimaninae) from the Black Peaks Formation (Palaeocene) of Texas indicates an early radiation of North American caimanines |journal=Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society |volume=191 |pages=276–301 |doi=10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz178 }}</ref>
*** Genus ''[[Caiman (genus)|Caiman]]''
**** † ''[[Caiman brevirostris]]''
**** ''Caiman crocodilus'', [[Spectacled caiman]]
**** ''Caiman latirostris'', [[Broad-snouted caiman]]
**** † ''[[Caiman lutescans]]''
**** † ''[[Caiman venezuelensis]]''
**** † ''[[Caiman wannlangstoni]]''
**** ''Caiman yacare'', [[Yacare caiman]]
*** Genus † ''[[Centenariosuchus]]''
*** Genus † ''[[Chinatichampsus]]''
*** Genus † ''[[Culebrasuchus]]''
*** Genus † ''[[Eocaiman]]''
*** Genus † ''[[Globidentosuchus]]''
*** Genus † ''[[Gnatusuchus]]''
*** Genus † ''[[Kuttanacaiman]]''
*** Genus ''[[Melanosuchus]]''
**** † ''[[Melanosuchus fisheri]]''
**** ''Melanosuchus niger'', [[Black caiman]]
*** Genus † ''[[Mourasuchus]]''
*** Genus † ''[[Necrosuchus]]''
*** Genus † ''[[Orthogenysuchus]]''
*** Genus ''[[Paleosuchus]]''
**** ''Paleosuchus palpebrosus'', [[Cuvier's dwarf caiman]]
**** ''Paleosuchus trigonatus'', [[Smooth-fronted caiman]]
*** Genus † ''[[Protocaiman]]''
*** Genus † ''[[Purussaurus]]''
*** Genus † ''[[Tsoabichi]]''