Reptilia - Crocodylia - Alligatoridae
Full reference: P. Bona, F. Barrios, M. D. Ezcurra, M. V. Fernandez Blanco, and G. M. Cidade. 2024. New taxa of giant caimans from the southernmost hyperdiverse wetlands of the South American late Miocene. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 22(1):2375027
Parent taxon: Caimaninae according to P. Bona et al. 2024
Sister taxa: Brachychampsini, Caiman tremembensis, Centenariosuchus, Ceratosuchus, Chinatichampsus, Culebrasuchus, Globidentosuchus, Gnatusuchus, Jacarea, Kuttanacaiman, Mourasuchus, Nettosuchidae, Orthogenysuchus, Paranacaiman, Wannaganosuchus
Subtaxa: Paranasuchus gasparinae
Type: Caiman gasparinae
Ecology: carnivore
Distribution:
• Huayquerian of Argentina (1 collection)
• Miocene of Argentina (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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