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Caiman (caiman)
Taxonomy
Caiman was named by Spix (1825). It is extant.
It was assigned to Globidonta by Martin and Buffetaut (2008); to Alligatoridae by Frank and Ramus (1996), Lang and Guilette (2002), Riff et al. (2010); to Alligatoroidea by Puértolas et al. (2011); to Caimaninae by Bona (2007), Jouve et al. (2008), Brochu (2010), Hastings et al. (2013), Silva Lacerda et al. (2020); and to Jacarea by Brochu (1999), Pinheiro et al. (2013), Rio and Mannion (2021).
It was assigned to Globidonta by Martin and Buffetaut (2008); to Alligatoridae by Frank and Ramus (1996), Lang and Guilette (2002), Riff et al. (2010); to Alligatoroidea by Puértolas et al. (2011); to Caimaninae by Bona (2007), Jouve et al. (2008), Brochu (2010), Hastings et al. (2013), Silva Lacerda et al. (2020); and to Jacarea by Brochu (1999), Pinheiro et al. (2013), Rio and Mannion (2021).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1825 | Caiman Spix |
| 1825 | Jacaretinga Spix |
| 1996 | Caiman Frank and Ramus |
| 1999 | Caiman Brochu |
| 2002 | Caiman Lang and Guilette p. 213 |
| 2007 | Caiman Bona |
| 2008 | Caiman Jouve et al. |
| 2008 | Caiman Martin and Buffetaut |
| 2010 | Caiman Brochu |
| 2010 | Caiman Riff et al. |
| 2011 | Caiman Puértolas et al. |
| 2013 | Caiman Hastings et al. |
| 2013 | Caiman Pinheiro et al. |
| 2020 | Caiman Silva Lacerda et al. |
| 2021 | Caiman Rio and Mannion |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. Caiman Spix 1825 [caiman]
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†Caiman australis Bravard 1858
†Caiman brevirostris Souza Filho 1987
Caiman crocodilus Linnaeus 1758 [Common caiman]
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Invalid names: Caiman venezuelensis Fortier and Rincón 2013 [synonym]
Caiman latirostris Daudin 1801 [broud-snouted caiman]
†Caiman paranensis Scalabrini 1887
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Invalid names: Alligator ameghinoi Rovereto 1912 [synonym], Alligator lutescens Rovereto 1912 [synonym]
†Caiman praecursor Rusconi 1933
Caiman sclerops Schneider 1801 [common caiman]
†Caiman wannlangstoni Salas-Gismondi et al. 2015
Caiman yacare Daudin 1802
Invalid names: Jacaretinga Spix 1825 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Benton 1983, Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 20.45000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 17.5 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 17.5 Ma
Collections (30 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Colhuehuapian | Peru | Caiman sp. (176149) | |
| Burdigalian | Venezuela (Lara) | Caiman sp. (193999) | |
| Middle Miocene | Peru | Caiman sp. (144512) | |
| Middle Miocene | Venezuela (Falcon) | Caiman sp. (147466) | |
| Middle Miocene | Peru (Maynas) | Caiman wannlangstoni (166767 166768) | |
| Laventan | Colombia (Huila) | Caiman lutescens (143788) | |
| Tortonian | Brazil (Acre) | Caiman brevirostris (144739) Caiman crocodilus (209089) Caiman indet. (55602) Caiman yacare (136717) | |
| Tortonian | Argentina (Entre Rios) | Crocodilus paranensis, Jacaretinga praecursor, Crocodilus australis (13626) | |
| Tortonian | Brazil (Amazonas) | Caiman brevirostris (67386) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Argentina (Salta) | Caiman latirostris (118038) Caiman sp. (206042) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Venezuela (Falcón) | Caiman brevirostris (144595) Caiman latirostris (183009) Caiman lutescens (63520) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Venezuela (Falcon) | Caiman sp. (147462) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene - Pliocene | Peru | Caiman sp. (176145) | |
| Huayquerian | Argentina (Entre Rios) | Caiman jacare, Caiman latirostris, Caiman yacare, Caiman australis (55600) | |
| Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene | Argentina (Salta) | Caiman latirostris (174226) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene | Venezuela (Monagas) | Caiman sp., Caiman venezuelensis (144977) | |
| Quaternary | Argentina (Salta) | Caiman latirostris (144517) | |
| Calabrian | Venezuela (Falcon) | Caiman yacare (219885) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Argentina (Entre Rios) | Caiman sp. (93265) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Brazil (Sergipe) | Caiman latirostris (239845) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Brazil (Piaui) | Caiman sp. (71332) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) | Caiman sp. (124717) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Brazil (Bahia) | Caiman sp. (212251) |