Reptilia - Crocodylia - Alligatoridae

Full reference: M. R. Stocker, C. A. Brochu, and E. C. Kirk. 2021. A new caimanine alligatorid from the Middle Eocene of Southwest Texas and implications for spatial and temporal shifts in Paleogene crocodyliform diversity. PeerJ 9:e10665:1-34

Parent taxon: Caimaninae according to M. R. Stocker et al. 2021

Sister taxa: Brachychampsini, Caiman tremembensis, Centenariosuchus, Ceratosuchus, Culebrasuchus, Globidentosuchus, Gnatusuchus, Jacarea, Kuttanacaiman, Mourasuchus, Nettosuchidae, Orthogenysuchus, Paranacaiman, Paranasuchus, Wannaganosuchus

Subtaxa: Chinatichampsus wilsonorum

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Type: Chinatichampsus wilsonorum

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution: found only at TMM 45911 (Crocolicious) (Eocene to Eocene of Texas)

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.