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 Caiman according to R. Salas-Gismondi et al. 2015
Sister taxa: Caiman australis, Caiman brevirostris, Caiman crocodilus, Caiman gasparinae, Caiman latirostris, Caiman paranensis, Caiman praecursor, Caiman sclerops, Caiman yacare
Type specimen: MUSM 2377, a partial skull. Its type locality is IQ26, which is in a Miocene lacustrine - large lignite in the Pebas Formation of Peru.
Ecology: carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Colombia (1 collection), Peru (2), Venezuela (1)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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