Eocaiman

Eocaiman
Temporal range: Paleocene - Eocene
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)
E. palaeocenicus Bona, 2007
E. itaboraiensis Pinheiro et al, in press

Eocaiman is an extinct genus of caimanine containing species living from the Paleocene to Eocene in what is now Argentina and Brazil.[1]

References

  1. 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.


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