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Jacarea

Reptilia

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1912Caiman lutescens Rovereto
1999Jacarea Brochu
2013Jacarea Pinheiro et al.
2021Jacarea Rio and Mannion

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
RankNameAuthor
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
—Pseudosuchia(Zittel 1890)
—SuchiaKrebs 1974
—Paracrocodylomorpha
—Loricata(Merrem 1820)
—Crocodylomorpha()
—Solidocrania
suborderCrocodyliformes
—MesoeucrocodyliaWhetstone and Whybrow 1983
—NeosuchiaClark 1988
suborderEusuchiaHuxley 1875
—Crocodylia(Owen 1842)
—Alligatoroidea(Gray 1844)
—Globidonta
—Alligatoridae(Gray 1844)
—Caimaninae
—Jacarea(Gray 1844)
—Jacarea(Gray 1844)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Unr. †Jacarea Gray 1844
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G. †Acresuchus Souza-Filho et al. 2019
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†Acresuchus pachytemporalis Souza-Filho et al. 2019
Invalid names: Caiman niteroiensis Souza Filho and Bocquetin 1991 [nomen nudum], Caiman pachytemporalis Souza-Filho 1998 [nomen nudum]
G. †Bottosaurus Agassiz 1849
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†Bottosaurus fustidens Cossette 2021
†Bottosaurus harlani Meyer 1832
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Invalid names: Crocodilus macrorhynchus Harlan 1834 [objective synonym]
G. Caiman Spix 1825 [caiman]
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†Caiman australis Bravard 1858
†Caiman brevirostris Souza Filho 1987
Caiman crocodilus Linnaeus 1758 [Common caiman]
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Invalid names: Caiman venezuelensis Fortier and Rincón 2013 [synonym]
Caiman latirostris Daudin 1801 [broud-snouted caiman]
†Caiman paranensis Scalabrini 1887
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Invalid names: Alligator ameghinoi Rovereto 1912 [synonym], Alligator lutescens Rovereto 1912 [synonym]
†Caiman praecursor Rusconi 1933
Caiman sclerops Schneider 1801 [common caiman]
†Caiman wannlangstoni Salas-Gismondi et al. 2015
Caiman yacare Daudin 1802
Invalid names: Jacaretinga Spix 1825 [synonym]
G. Melanosuchus Gray 1862 [black caiman]
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†Melanosuchus fisheri Medina 1976
†Melanosuchus latrubessei Souza-Filho et al. 2020
G. †Necrosuchus Simpson 1937
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†Necrosuchus ionensis Simpson 1937
G. Paleosuchus Gray 1862 [caiman]
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Paleosuchus trigonatus Schneider 1801
G. †Protocaiman Bona et al. 2018
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†Protocaiman peligrensis Bona et al. 2018
G. †Purussaurus Barbosa Rodrigues 1892
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†Purussaurus brasiliensis Barbosa-Rodrigues 1892
†Purussaurus mirandai Aguilera et al. 2006
†Purussaurus neivensis Mook 1941
G. †Tsoabichi Brochu 2010
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Invalid names: Caiman lutescens Rovereto 1912 [nomen dubium]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: carnivoreuc
Created: 2009-01-03 20:38:59
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:38:59
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Benton 1983, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Maastrichtian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 72.10000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 70.6 Ma

Collections (91 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (South Carolina) Bottosaurus sp. (180790)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (South Carolina) Bottosaurus sp. (201615)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Maryland) Bottosaurus harlani (83331)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0USA (Montana) Protocaiman sp. (14639)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Early/Lower Paleocene70.6 - 61.7USA (New Jersey) Bottosaurus harlani (26819 128428)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Argentina (Chubut) Necrosuchus ionensis (123270) Protocaiman peligrensis (95914)
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (South Carolina) Bottosaurus sp. (115148 115152)
Torrejonian63.8 - 60.9USA (Texas) Borealosuchus sp. (14975) Bottosaurus fustidens (14956)
Clarkforkian56.2 - 54.9USA (South Carolina) Bottosaurus sp. (15074)
Eocene - Pliocene56.0 - 2.588Brazil (Acre) Purussaurus sp. (217775 217776 217781 217782 217788)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) Tsoabichi greenriverensis (143060)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6USA (Wyoming) Tsoabichi greenriverensis (224132)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Peru (Loreto) Purussaurus sp. (176147)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Brazil (Acre) Purussaurus brasiliensis (217876)
Colhuehuapian21.0 - 17.5Peru Caiman sp., Purussaurus sp. (176149)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Venezuela (Lara) Caiman sp., Purussaurus sp. (193999) Purussaurus sp. (193998 194000 194001)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Colombia (Guajira) Purussaurus sp. (176826)
Early/Lower Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97Panama Purussaurus sp. (96702 142893)
Santacrucian - Friasian17.5 - 15.5Venezuela (Portugesa) Purussaurus sp. (190535)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Venezuela (Falcon) Caiman sp., Purussaurus sp. (147466)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Colombia (Cesar) Purussaurus neivensis (176829)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Peru (Maynas) Paleosuchus sp., Purussaurus neivensis, Caiman wannlangstoni (166767 166768) Purussaurus sp. (166769)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Colombia (Huila) Dinosuchus neivensis (143324)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Peru (Loreto) Purussaurus sp. (224009 224010 224013)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Peru Caiman sp., Purussaurus sp. (144512)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Peru (Maynas) Purussaurus sp. (166770)
Serravallian - Tortonian13.82 - 7.246Peru Purussaurus sp. (176143)
Laventan13.8 - 11.0Colombia (Tolima) Caiman neivensis (143783)
Laventan13.8 - 11.0Peru Paleosuchus sp., Purussaurus sp. (107992) Purussaurus sp. (213137)
Laventan13.8 - 11.0Colombia (Huila) Caiman lutescens (143788) Caiman neivensis (133648 133693 135348 135373)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Argentina (Entre Rios) Crocodilus paranensis, Jacaretinga praecursor, Crocodilus australis (13626)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Brazil (Acre) Caiman brevirostris, Acresuchus pachytemporalis (144739) Caiman indet., Purussaurus sp., Purussaurus brasiliensis, Caiman niteroiensis (55602) Melanosuchus niger, Caiman crocodilus (209089) Purusaurus brasiliensis (67385) Purussaurus brasiliensis, Caiman niteroiensis (136717)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Venezuela (Falcon) Purussaurus mirandai, Melanosuchus fisheri (136777)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Brazil (Amazonas) Caiman brevirostris, Acresuchus pachytemporalis, Melanosuchus latrubessei (67386)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Peru Purussaurus sp. (176162)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Venezuela Purussaurus sp. (200111)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Venezuela (Falcón) Acresuchus pachytemporalis (219762) Caiman latirostris, Purussaurus sp., Purussaurus mirandai (183009) Purussaurus sp., Caiman brevirostris (144595) Purussaurus sp., Melanosuchus fisheri, Caiman lutescens (63520) Purussaurus sp., Purussaurus mirandai (207049)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Brazil (Acre) Acresuchus pachytemporalis (136720 191932) Purussaurus sp. (136714)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Argentina (Salta) Caiman latirostris (118038) Caiman sp. (206042)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Venezuela (Falcon) Caiman sp., Purussaurus sp. (147462) Purussaurus mirandai (136776 143319) Purussaurus sp. (183008 183010) Purussaurus sp., Purussaurus mirandai (143321 147465)
Late/Upper Miocene - Pliocene11.608 - 2.588Peru Caiman sp. (176145)
Huayquerian8.0 - 5.0Argentina (Entre Rios) Caiman jacare, Caiman latirostris, Caiman yacare, Caiman australis (55600) Purussaurus sp. (204596)
Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene5.333 - 0.781Argentina (Salta) Caiman latirostris (174226)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.781Venezuela (Monagas) Caiman sp., Caiman venezuelensis (144977)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Brazil (Acre) Purussaurus brasiliensis (217824)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0Argentina (Salta) Caiman latirostris (144517)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Venezuela (Falcon) Caiman yacare (219885)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) Caiman sp. (124717)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Brazil (Piaui) Caiman sp. (71332)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117Brazil (Mato Grosso) Paleosuchus sp. (136521)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Argentina (Entre Rios) Caiman sp. (93265)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Brazil (Bahia) Caiman sp. (212251)