Reptilia - Crocodylia - Alligatoridae
Full reference: P. Bona and A. P. Carabajal. 2013. Caiman gasparinae sp. nov., a huge alligatorid (Caimaninae) from the late Miocene of Paraná, Argentina. Alcheringa 37:462-473
Belongs to Caiman according to P. Bona and A. P. Carabajal 2013
Sister taxa: Caiman australis, Caiman brevirostris, Caiman crocodilus, Caiman latirostris, Caiman paranensis, Caiman praecursor, Caiman sclerops, Caiman wannlangstoni, Caiman yacare
Type specimen: MLP-73-IV-15-1, a partial skull (Rostrum with articulated fragments of premaxillae, maxillae, nasals, left lacrymal and a partial braincase). Its type locality is Parana, Pueblo Brugo to Diamante, Ituzaingo Fm., which is in a Huayquerian marine sandstone/mudstone in the Ituzaingo Formation of Argentina.
Ecology: carnivore
Distribution: found only at Parana, Pueblo Brugo to Diamante, Ituzaingo Fm.
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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