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Caiman brevirostris

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Caiman brevirostris was named by Souza Filho (1987). Its type specimen is UFAC 196, a partial skull (Incomplete rostrum with associated right mandibular ramus), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Rodovia Transamazonica, which is in a Tortonian fluvial-deltaic horizon in the Solimoes Formation of Brazil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1987Caiman brevirostris Souza Filho
2010Caiman brevirostres Riff et al.
2014Caiman brevirostris Fortier et al.

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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()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
RankNameAuthor
—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)
genusCaimanSpix 1825
speciesbrevirostris

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.

†Caiman brevirostris Souza Filho 1987
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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: Carroll 1988, Bush and Bambach 2015, Hendy et al. 2009, Benton 1983

Age range: Tortonian or 11.63000 to 7.24600 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Brazil (Amazonas) Caiman brevirostris (67386)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Brazil (Acre) Caiman brevirostris (type locality: 144739)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Venezuela (Falcón) Caiman brevirostris (144595)