Reptilia - Crocodylia - Alligatoridae
Full reference: K. P. Schmidt. 1938. New crocodilians from the upper Paleocene of western Colorado. Geological Series of Field Museum of Natural History 6(21):315-321
Parent taxon: Caimaninae according to J. P. Rio and P. D. Mannion 2021
See also Bartels 1984, Brochu 1999, Carroll 1988, Farke et al. 2014, Martin and Lauprasert 2010, Massonne et al. 2019, Pinheiro et al. 2013, Schmidt 1938 and Wu et al. 1996
Sister taxa: Brachychampsini, Caiman tremembensis, Centenariosuchus, Chinatichampsus, Culebrasuchus, Globidentosuchus, Gnatusuchus, Jacarea, Kuttanacaiman, Mourasuchus, Nettosuchidae, Orthogenysuchus, Paranacaiman, Paranasuchus, Wannaganosuchus
Subtaxa: Ceratosuchus burdoshi
Ecology: carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (1: Wyoming collection)
• Clarkforkian of United States (4: Colorado, Wyoming)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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