Eocaiman
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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]
References
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Further reading
- The Osteology of the Reptiles (page 605)
External links
- Eocaiman in the Paleobiology Database
Categories:
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- Caiman
- Prehistoric pseudosuchian genera
- Paleocene crocodylomorphs
- Eocene crocodylomorphs
- Miocene crocodylomorphs
- Paleocene reptiles of South America
- Eocene reptiles of South America
- Miocene reptiles of South America
- Paleogene Argentina
- Fossils of Argentina
- Golfo San Jorge Basin
- Paleogene Brazil
- Fossils of Brazil
- Neogene Colombia
- Fossils of Colombia
- Honda Group, Colombia
- Fossil taxa described in 1933
- Taxa named by George Gaylord Simpson
- Itaboraí Formation
- Sarmiento Formation
- Salamanca Formation