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Eocaiman

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Eocaiman
Temporal range: Paleocene - Eocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Archosauromorpha
Clade: Archosauriformes
Order: Crocodilia
Family: Alligatoridae
Subfamily: Caimaninae
Genus: †Eocaiman
Simpson, 1933
Species

†E. cavernensis Simpson, 1933 (type)
†E. palaeocenicus Bona, 2007
†E. itaboraiensis Pinheiro et al, in press

Eocaiman is an extinct genus of caimans containing species living from the Paleocene to Eocene in what is now Argentina and Brazil.[1]

References

  1. ^ André E.P. Pinheiro, Daniel C. Fortier, Diego Pol, Diógenes A. Campos and Lílian P. Bergqvist (2013). "A new Eocaiman (Alligatoridae, Crocodylia) from the Itaboraí Basin, Paleogene of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil". Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology. in press. doi:10.1080/08912963.2012.705838.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  • The Osteology of the Reptiles (page 605)
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