Reptilia - Crocodylia - Alligatoridae
Full reference: T. M. Scheyer, O. A. Aguilera, M. Delfino, D. C. Fortier, A. A. Carlini, R. Sánchez, J. D. Carrillo-Briceño, L. Quiroz, and M. R. Sánchez-Villagra. 2013. Crocodylian diversity peak and extinction in the late Cenozoic of the northern Neotropics. Nature Communications 4:1907:1-9
Parent taxon: Caimaninae according to J. P. Rio and P. D. Mannion 2021
See also Cidade et al. 2017, Hastings et al. 2016 and Scheyer et al. 2013
Sister taxa: Brachychampsa, Caiman tremembensis, Centenariosuchus, Ceratosuchus, Chinatichampsus, Culebrasuchus, Gnatusuchus, Jacarea, Kuttanacaiman, Mourasuchus, Nettosuchidae, Orthogenysuchus, Stangerochampsa, Wannaganosuchus
Subtaxa: Globidentosuchus brachyrostris
Ecology: carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Venezuela (9 collections)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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