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Eocaiman
Taxonomy
Eocaiman was named by Simpson (1933). Its type is Eocaiman cavernensis.
It was assigned to Alligatoridae by Simpson (1933), Patterson (1936) and Riff et al. (2010); to Caimaninae by Brochu (1999), Bona (2007), Jouve et al. (2008), Brochu (2010), Brochu (2011), Hastings et al. (2013) and Pinheiro et al. (2013); and to Globidonta by Rio and Mannion (2021).
It was assigned to Alligatoridae by Simpson (1933), Patterson (1936) and Riff et al. (2010); to Caimaninae by Brochu (1999), Bona (2007), Jouve et al. (2008), Brochu (2010), Brochu (2011), Hastings et al. (2013) and Pinheiro et al. (2013); and to Globidonta by Rio and Mannion (2021).
Species
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1933 | Eocaiman Simpson p. 1 figs. Fig. 1, 2. |
| 1936 | Eocaiman Patterson |
| 1937 | Notocaiman Rusconi |
| 1937 | Notocaiman stromeri Rusconi p. 1 |
| 1999 | Eocaiman Brochu |
| 2007 | Eocaiman Bona |
| 2008 | Eocaiman Jouve et al. |
| 2010 | Eocaiman Brochu |
| 2010 | Eocaiman Riff et al. |
| 2011 | Eocaiman Brochu |
| 2013 | Eocaiman Hastings et al. |
| 2013 | Eocaiman Pinheiro et al. |
| 2018 | Notocaiman Bona et al. |
| 2021 | Eocaiman Rio and Mannion |
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G. †Eocaiman Simpson 1933
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†Eocaiman cavernensis Simpson 1933
†Eocaiman itaboraiensis Pinheiro et al. 2013
†Eocaiman palaeocenicus Bona 2007
Invalid names: Notocaiman Rusconi 1937 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available