Reptilia - Crocodylia - Alligatoridae
Full reference: R. Salas-Gismondi, J. J. Flynn, P. Baby, J. V. Tejada-Lara, F. P. Wesselingh and P.-O. Antoine. 2015. A Miocene hyperdiverse crocodylian community reveals peculiar trophic dynamics in proto-Amazonian mega-wetlands. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B 282:20142490
Parent taxon: Caimaninae according to J. P. Rio and P. D. Mannion 2021
See also Cidade et al. 2017 and Salas-Gismondi et al. 2015
Sister taxa: Brachychampsa, Caiman tremembensis, Centenariosuchus, Ceratosuchus, Chinatichampsus, Culebrasuchus, Globidentosuchus, Jacarea, Kuttanacaiman, Mourasuchus, Nettosuchidae, Orthogenysuchus, Stangerochampsa, Wannaganosuchus
Subtaxa: Gnatusuchus pebasensis
Type: Gnatusuchus pebasensis
Ecology: carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Peru (6 collections)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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