Reptilia - Crocodylia - Alligatoridae
Alternative combination: Caiman gasparinae
Full reference: P. Bona and A. P. Carabajal. 2013. Caiman gasparinae sp. nov., a huge alligatorid (Caimaninae) from the late Miocene of Paraná, Argentina. Alcheringa 37:462-473
Belongs to Paranasuchus according to P. Bona et al. 2024
See also Bona and Carabajal 2013
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: MLP-73-IV-15-1, a partial skull (Rostrum with articulated fragments of premaxillae, maxillae, nasals, left lacrymal and a partial braincase). Its type locality is Parana, Pueblo Brugo to Diamante, Ituzaingo Fm., which is in a Huayquerian marine sandstone/mudstone in the Ituzaingo Formation of Argentina.
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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