Reptilia - Crocodylia - Alligatoridae
Alternative combination: Caiman brevirostres
Full reference: J. P. Souza Filho. 1987. Caiman brevirostris sp. nov., un novo Alligatoridae da Formação Solimões (Pleistoceno) do Estado do Acre, Brasil. Anais do X Congresso Brasileiro de Paleontologia 1:173-180
Belongs to Caiman according to D. C. Fortier et al. 2014
See also Riff et al. 2010 and Souza Filho 1987
Sister taxa: Caiman australis, Caiman crocodilus, Caiman gasparinae, Caiman latirostris, Caiman paranensis, Caiman praecursor, Caiman sclerops, Caiman wannlangstoni, Caiman yacare
Type specimen: UFAC 196, a partial skull (Incomplete rostrum with associated right mandibular ramus). Its type locality is Rodovia Transamazonica, which is in a Tortonian fluvial-deltaic horizon in the Solimoes Formation of Brazil.
Ecology: carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Brazil (2 collections), Venezuela (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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