what is the name of the prehistoric alligator?
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There is no "The' prehistoric alligator. There were numerous species of prehistoric alligator just as there are several species alive today. \n\nWhich extinct alligator did you have on mind? If any old species will do then Diplocynodon ratelii is as good a name as any other.
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If by prehistoric, you mean an animal that existed during prehistoric times and interacted with prehistoric man, then yes, absolutely, wolves are prehistoric animals.  In fact, most animal species alive today are prehistoric animals by this definition.\n\nIf by prehistoric, you mean an animal that went extinct during the megafaunal extinction at the end of the last ice age (like wooly mammoth, sabre-toothed cats and giant ground sloths did), then wolves are not prehistoric because they still exist today.\n\nOne species of wolf that lived in North America during 'prehistoric' times and went extinct at the end of the last ice age 10,000 years ago was the dire wolf (Canis dirus).  It was a large, chunky wolf with massive teeth that probably scavenged much like the hyenas of Africa do today.
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Dinosaurs are archosaurs, a group that includes crocodiles, birds, and all the descendants of their most recent common ancestor. The closest relatives of dinosaurs, which evolved with them in the Middle and Late Triassic (about 225 million years ago), include the flying pterosaurs and agile, rabbit-sized forms such as Lagosuchus and Lagerpeton. The common ancestor of all these forms was small, lightly built, bipedal, and probably an active carnivore or omnivore. Somewhat larger, with skulls ranging 15–30 cm (6–12 in.) in length, were Eoraptor and Herrerasaurus from the Late Triassic of Argentina, and Staurikosaurus from the early Late Triassic of Brazil. They were thought to be primitive saurischian dinosaurs, but it was later determined that they were outside the group formed by Saurischia plus Ornithischia, a view generally followed. In reconsidering these genera plus the more recently discovered Eoraptor, it has been argued that all three are both saurischians and theropods. However, they lack some features of both groups, so their position remains controversial. This testifies to a burst of evolutionary change at this very interesting time in vertebrate history, and it shows that there are a variety of taxa that are very close to the origin of dinosaurs. The first definite ornithischians and saurischians appear at almost the same time as these taxa, though dinosaurs remained generally rare and not very diverse components of terrestrial faunas until the beginning of the Jurassic Period (about 200 million years ago).
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This is actually a Apatosaurus.  It was mistakenly named in the 1870's.  Now most museums do not use the name "brontosaurus". It's also a Herbivore\n\nhttp://www.kidzworld.com/site/p614.htm\n\nhttp://yahooligans.yahoo.com/content/science/dinosaurs/dino_card/151.html
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Some Mesozoic mammals include:\nMorganucodon - a shrew-like mammal recorded in Wales\nMegazostrodon - another shrew-like mammal from South Africa\nSinoconodon - from China\n\nAdelobasileus, a synapsid from Texas, is older but the remains are fragmentary and perhaps it's not a mammal.
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alligator mouths eating something haha thats what i learned!! \n\n <    >
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Its called an alligator clip
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its the crocodile my friend.........the oldest with the strongest bite ....ty
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Hylonomus lyelli and Paleothyris are the oldest-known true egg-laying reptiles. Their fossils have been found in 310,000,000-year-old coal deposits in Joggins, Nova Scotia. They were about 8 inches long in adulthood and looked like modern lizards. \n\nI couldn't pick them out of a lizard lineup, personally.
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A LONG time before Jesus. \n\nDinosaurs are believed to have evolved during the Triassic period, which is 250-200 million years ago.\n\nDinosaurs evolved from a group of reptiles called Archosaurs. The Archosaur line split, in the middle to late Triassic period. One portion evolved into Crocodiles... the other part gave rise to the dinosaurs, and through dinosaurs to birds. \n\nBy the late triassic (228 million years ago - 200 million years ago) several theropod carnivorous dinosaurs had evolved, such as Eoraptor, Coelophysis and Herrerasaurus - the ancestors of later giants such as T.rex.  At this time dinosaurs such as plateosaurus had evolved too - the ancestors of the later giant herbivorous dinosaurs such as diplodocus and brachiosaurus. \n \nThe dinosaurs eventually became extinct 65 million years ago.
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The era you are asking about is Jurassic (it was between the Cretaceous and Triassic period). As for the fastest dinosaur in this era, if what Paleontologists have found is correct, I believe it was Compsognathus.
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Argentinosaurus.... thats a dinosaur
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crocodiles are a type of reptile. they might be descendants of dinosaurs but are not classified as a type of dinosaur
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komodo dragon i think? but then i'd never heard of the other one. although...the person that wrote dinosaur is right to an extent...although they're not really lizards. another although coming up...trying to think...can't...going...out...:) i'm going to answer more of your questions. :)
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dinosaurs died off about 75 million years ago, long time even for a ghost to hang around.
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I think a Alligator is a different Genus, and that physically A crocodile has a pointy snout, whereas a alligator has a round one. Hope it helps.
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Probably a komodo dragon or crocodile. Most people don't know what a komodo dragon is so I have included a link with some pictures.