Eocaiman
Eocaiman Temporal range: Paleocene - Eocene | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Superorder: | Crocodylomorpha |
Order: | Crocodilia |
Family: | Alligatoridae |
Subfamily: | Caimaninae |
Genus: | †Eocaiman Simpson, 1933 |
Species | |
†E. cavernensis Simpson, 1933 (type) |
Eocaiman is an extinct genus of caimanine containing species living from the Paleocene to Eocene in what is now Argentina and Brazil.[1]
References
- ↑ 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.
- The Osteology of the Reptiles (page 605)
External links
- Eocaiman in the Paleobiology Database
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