†unranked clade Caimaninae Brochu 1999 (crocodilian)

Reptilia - Crocodylia - Alligatoridae

Full reference: C. A. Brochu. 1999. Phylogenetics, Taxonomy, and Historical Biogeography of Alligatoroidea. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 19(S2):9-100

Parent taxon: Alligatoridae according to J. P. Rio and P. D. Mannion 2021

See also Brochu 1999, Farke et al. 2014, Hastings et al. 2013, Pinheiro et al. 2013 and Silva Lacerda et al. 2020

Sister taxa: Alligatorinae, Caimanoidea, Caimanosuchus, Dinosuchus, Eocenosuchus, Hispanochampsa, Lianghusuchus, Listrognathosuchus, Proalligator

Subtaxa: Brachychampsa Caiman tremembensis Centenariosuchus Ceratosuchus Chinatichampsus Culebrasuchus Globidentosuchus Gnatusuchus Jacarea Kuttanacaiman Mourasuchus Nettosuchidae Orthogenysuchus Stangerochampsa Wannaganosuchus

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Ecology: carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Argentina (2 collections), Brazil (6), Venezuela (1)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Argentina (1), Venezuela (1)

• Pliocene of Brazil (1), Venezuela (1)

• Hemphillian of Mexico (1)

• Miocene to Pliocene of Peru (2)

• Miocene of Argentina (6), Bolivia (2), Brazil (14), Colombia (16), Panama (4), Peru (15), Venezuela (35)

• Oligocene of Brazil (1), Peru (7)

• Eocene to Pliocene of Brazil (5)

• Eocene to Oligocene of Peru (1)

• Eocene of Peru (2), United States (6: Texas, Wyoming)

• Paleocene of Argentina (3), United States (11: Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Carolina, Texas, Wyoming)

• Cretaceous to Paleogene of United States (2: New Jersey)

• Cretaceous of Canada (2: Alberta, Saskatchewan), Kazakhstan (1), Mexico (1), United States (127: Colorado, Maryland, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Wyoming), Uzbekistan (1)

Total: 278 collections including 367 occurrences

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