Neurocranial anatomy of Paralligator (Neosuchia: Paralligatoridae) from the Upper Cretaceous of Mongolia Author Kuzmin, Ivan T. Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Saint Petersburg State University, Universitetskaya nab., 7 - 9, St. Petersburg, 199034, Russian Federation kuzminit@mail.ru Author Sichinava, Ekaterina A. Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Saint Petersburg State University, Universitetskaya nab., 7 - 9, St. Petersburg, 199034, Russian Federation Author Mazur, Evgeniia V. Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Saint Petersburg State University, Universitetskaya nab., 7 - 9, St. Petersburg, 199034, Russian Federation & Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya nab., 1, St. Petersburg, 199034, Russian Federation Author Gombolevskiy, Victor A. AIRI, Presnenskaya naberezhnaya, 2, b. 6, Moscow, 123112, Russian Federation & Institute for Personalized Oncology, World-Class Research Center ‘ Digital biodesign and personalized healthcare’, I. M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation (Sechenov University), Trubetskaya st., 8, Building 2, Moscow, 119048, Russian Federation Author Sennikov, Andrey G. Borissiak Paleontological Institute RAS, Profsoyuznaya 123, Moscow, 117647, Russian Federation Author Skutschas, Pavel P. Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Saint Petersburg State University, Universitetskaya nab., 7 - 9, St. Petersburg, 199034, Russian Federation text Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 2025 2025-01-09 203 1 1 40 https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlae177 journal article 308042 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlae177 99c49114-8016-4176-9d23-ef8c6330b1fa 0024-4082 14834624

Table 1. Studied specimens of Paralligator

Taxon name in present study	Specimen number	Studied material	Provenance	Taxon name in Efimov (1988)	Taxon name in Turner (2015)
aAbbreviations:Fm., formation; loc.,locality.
Paralligator gradilifrons	PIN 554/1-1 (holotype)	Almost complete skull including neurocranium	Shireegin Gashuun loc., Bayanshiree Fm., Upper Turonian-Santoniana	Shamosuchus gradilifrons (holotype)	Paralligator gradilifrons (holotype)
Paralligator major	PIN 3726/501-1 (holotype)	Partial skull including neurocranium	Khongil Tsav loc., Bayanshiree Fm., Cenomanian-Santonian	Shamosuchus major (holotype)	Paralligator major (holotype)
Paralligator	PIN 3726/503	Isolated parietal and supraoccipital	Khongil Tsav loc., Bayanshiree Fm., Cenomanian-Santonian	Shamosuchus major (referred)	?
Paralligator	PIN 3458/501-1	Partial skull including neurocranium	Amtgai loc., Bayanshiree Fm., Cenomanian-Santonian	Shamosuchus ulgicus (holotype)	Paralligator gradilifrons (referred)
cf. Paralligator	PIN 3458/502	Isolated cranial and postcranial fragments including partial right quadrate and otoccipital	Bayshin Tsav loc., Bayanshiree Fm., Cenomanian-Santonian	Shamosuchus ulgicus (referred)	?
Paralligator	PIN 551/29-1	Partial skull table	Nemegt loc., Nemegt Fm., Maastrichtian	Shamosuchus ancestralis (holotype)	Paralligator gradilifrons (referred)
Paralligator	PIN 3140/502	Partial skull including neurocranium	Ulaan Bulag loc., Nemegt Fm., Maastrichtian	Shamosuchus ulanicus (holotype)	Paralligator gradilifrons (referred)
cf. Paralligator	PIN 3905/501-1	Isolated neurocranium	Bambu (Bamba) Khuduk loc., Nemegt Fm., Maastrichtian	Shamosuchus ulanicus (referred)	?
Paralligator	PIN 3141/501	Partial skull including neurocranium	Nogon (Nogoon) Tsav loc., Nemegt Fm., Maastrichtian	Shamosuchus tersus (holotype)	Paralligator gradilifrons (referred)
Paralligator	PIN 3141/502	Isolated cranial and postcranial fragments including neurocranial elements	Nogon (Nogoon) Tsav loc., Nemegt Fm., Maastrichtian	Shamosuchus? tersus (referred)