Kuttanacaiman iquitosensis Salas-Gismondi et al. 2015 (crocodilian)

Reptilia - Crocodylia - Alligatoridae

Full reference: R. Salas-Gismondi, J. J. Flynn, P. Baby, J. V. Tejada-Lara, F. P. Wesselingh and P.-O. Antoine. 2015. A Miocene hyperdiverse crocodylian community reveals peculiar trophic dynamics in proto-Amazonian mega-wetlands. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B 282:20142490

Belongs to Kuttanacaiman according to R. Salas-Gismondi et al. 2015

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MUSM 1490, a skull (Nearly complete skull and mandibles). Its type locality is IQ26, which is in a Miocene lacustrine - large lignite in the Pebas Formation of Peru.

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Peru (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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