Paleosuchus

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Paleosuchus is a South American genus of reptile in the Alligatoridae family. They are the smallest members of the order Crocodilia in the Americas. The genus contains two species:

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Extant Crocodilian species

Kingdom: Animalia · Phylum: Chordata · Class: Sauropsida · (unranked): Archosauria · Superorder: Crocodylomorpha

Alligatorinae
(Alligators)

Alligator	American alligator (A. mississippiensis) · Chinese alligator (A. sinensis)

Caimaninae
(Caimans)

Caiman	Broad-snouted caiman (C. latirostris) · Spectacled caiman (C. crocodilus) · Yacare caiman (C. yacare)

Melanosuchus	Black caiman (M. niger)

Paleosuchus	Cuvier's dwarf caiman (P. palpebrosus) · Smooth-fronted caiman (P. trigonatus)

Crocodylus	American crocodile (C. acutus) · Slender-snouted crocodile (C. cataphractus) · Orinoco crocodile (C. intermedius) · Freshwater crocodile (C. johnsoni) · Philippine crocodile (C. mindorensis) · Morelet's crocodile (C. moreletii) · Nile crocodile (C. niloticus) · New Guinea crocodile (C. novaeguineae) · Mugger crocodile (C. palustris) · Saltwater crocodile (C. porosus) · Cuban crocodile (C. rhombifer) · Siamese crocodile (C. siamensis)

Osteolaemus	Dwarf crocodile (O. tetraspis)

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