Eocaiman
| Eocaiman Temporal range: Early Paleocene-Late Miocene (pre-Tiupampan-Montehermosan) ~66–5.3 Ma | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Crocodilia |
| Family: | Alligatoridae |
| Subfamily: | Caimaninae |
| Genus: | †Eocaiman Simpson, 1933 |
| Species | |
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†E. cavernensis Simpson, 1933 (type) | |
Eocaiman is an extinct genus of caimanine containing species living from the Early Paleocene to Late Miocene in what is now Argentina (Salamanca and Sarmiento Formations), Brazil and Colombia (Honda Group).[1][2]
References
- ↑ Eocaiman at Fossilworks.org
- ↑ André E.P. Pinheiro; Daniel C. Fortier; Diego Pol; Diógenes A. Campos; Lílian P. Bergqvist (2013). "A new Eocaiman (Alligatoridae, Crocodylia) from the Itaboraí Basin, Paleogene of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil". Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology. in press. doi:10.1080/08912963.2012.705838.
Further reading
- The Osteology of the Reptiles (page 605)
External links
- Eocaiman in the Paleobiology Database
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