Eocaiman Temporal range:
Early Paleocene -
Middle Miocene,
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Clade: | Archosauromorpha |
Clade: | Archosauriformes |
Order: | Crocodilia |
Family: | Alligatoridae |
Subfamily: | Caimaninae |
Genus: | †
Eocaiman Simpson 1933 |
Type species | |
†Eocaiman cavernensis Simpson, 1933
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Eocaiman is an extinct genus of caiman containing species living from the Early Paleocene to Miocene in what is now Argentina ( Salamanca and Sarmiento Formations), Itaboraí Formation of Brazil and Colombia ( Honda Group). [1] [2] Eocaiman contains three described species: E. cavernensis, E. palaeocenicus, and E. itaboraiensis, and is typically recovered as one of the more basal members of Caimaninae. [3] [4] Notocaiman was synonymized with Eocaiman paleocenicus in 2022. [5]
Eocaiman Temporal range:
Early Paleocene -
Middle Miocene,
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Clade: | Archosauromorpha |
Clade: | Archosauriformes |
Order: | Crocodilia |
Family: | Alligatoridae |
Subfamily: | Caimaninae |
Genus: | †
Eocaiman Simpson 1933 |
Type species | |
†Eocaiman cavernensis Simpson, 1933
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Other Species | |
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Synonyms | |
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Eocaiman is an extinct genus of caiman containing species living from the Early Paleocene to Miocene in what is now Argentina ( Salamanca and Sarmiento Formations), Itaboraí Formation of Brazil and Colombia ( Honda Group). [1] [2] Eocaiman contains three described species: E. cavernensis, E. palaeocenicus, and E. itaboraiensis, and is typically recovered as one of the more basal members of Caimaninae. [3] [4] Notocaiman was synonymized with Eocaiman paleocenicus in 2022. [5]