Carandaisuchus

Carandaisuchus; Temporal range: Miocene - Pliocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Sauropsida
Order:	Crocodilia
Suborder:	Eusuchia
Superfamily:	Alligatoroidea
Family:	Alligatoridae
Subfamily:	Caimaninae
Genus:	Carandaisuchus; Gasparini, 1985
Species
	C. nativus Gasparini, 1985 (type);

Carandaisuchus is an extinct genus of caiman. Fossils have been found from the Ituzaingó Formation in Argentina. It was unique among crocodilians in having a pronounced bony occipital crest.^[1] The genus has been proposed to be synonymous with Mourasuchus, a strange nettosuchid with an unusually long, broad snout.^[2]

References

^ Langston (2008). "Notes on a partial skeleton of Mourasuchus (Crocodylia, Nettosuchidae) from the Upper Miocene of Venezuela". Arquivos do Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro. 66 (1): 125–143.
^ Villanueva, J. B.; Souza Filho, J. P. (1990). "O crocodiliano sul-americano Carandaisuchus como sinonímia de Mourasuchus (Nettosuchidae)". Revista Brasileira de Geociências. 20: 230–233.

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