Protocaiman
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Archosauromorpha |
| Clade: | Archosauriformes |
| Order: | Crocodilia |
| Family: | Alligatoridae |
| Subfamily: | Caimaninae |
| Genus: | †Protocaiman Bona et al., 2018 |
| Species: | †P. peligrensis
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| †Protocaiman peligrensis Bona et al., 2018
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Protocaiman is a caimanine genus first described in 2018. Protocaiman peligrensis, which was the first member of the genus to be identified, lived in Patagonia during the Paleocene era.[1] The fossil was discovered in Argentina's Salamanca Formation.
References
- ^ Bona, Paula; Ezcurra, Martín D.; Barrios, Francisco; Blanco, María V. Fernandez (2018-08-29). "A new Palaeocene crocodylian from southern Argentina sheds light on the early history of caimanines". Proc. R. Soc. B. 285 (1885): 20180843. doi:10.1098/rspb.2018.0843. ISSN 0962-8452. PMC 6125902. PMID 30135152.
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