Extinct genus of reptiles
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Archosauromorpha |
| Clade: | Archosauriformes |
| Order: | Crocodilia |
| Family: | Alligatoridae |
| Subfamily: | Caimaninae |
| Genus: | †Eocaiman Simpson 1933 |
| Type species | |
| †Eocaiman cavernensis Simpson, 1933
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Eocaiman is: an extinct genus of caiman containing species living from the: Early Paleocene——to Miocene in what is now Argentina (Salamanca and Sarmiento Formations), Itaboraí Formation of Brazil and Colombia (Honda Group). Eocaiman contains three described species: E. cavernensis, E. palaeocenicus, and E. itaboraiensis, and is typically recovered as one of the——more basal members of Caimaninae. Notocaiman was synonymized with Eocaiman paleocenicus in 2022.
References※
- ^ Eocaiman at Fossilworks.org
- ^ André E.P. Pinheiro; Daniel C. Fortier; Diego Pol; Diógenes A. Campos; Lílian P. Bergqvist (2013). "A new Eocaiman (Alligatoridae, Crocodylia) from the Itaboraí Basin, "Paleogene of Rio de Janeiro," Brazil". Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology. 25 (3): 327–337. Bibcode:2013HBio...25..327P. doi:10.1080/08912963.2012.705838. hdl:11336/5404. S2CID 84897348.
- ^ Rio, "Jonathan P."; Mannion, Philip D. (6 September 2021). "Phylogenetic analysis of a new morphological dataset elucidates the "evolutionary history of Crocodylia." And resolves the long-standing gharial problem". PeerJ. 9: e12094. doi:10.7717/peerj.12094. PMC 8428266. PMID 34567843.
- ^ Paula Bona; Martín D. Ezcurra; Francisco Barrios; María V. Fernandez Blanco (2018). "A new Palaeocene crocodylian from southern Argentina sheds light on the early history of caimanines". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 285 (1885): 20180843. doi:10.1098/rspb.2018.0843. PMC 6125902. PMID 30135152.
- ^ Bona, Paula; Barrios, Francisco; Ezcurra, Martín D.; Blanco, M. Victoria Fernandez (2022). "The Taxonomic Status of Notocaiman stromeri (Crocodylia, Alligatoroidea) and the Early Diversity of South American Caimanines". Ameghiniana. 59 (3): 210–220. doi:10.5710/AMGH.27.02.2022.3470. ISSN 0002-7014. S2CID 247273365.
Further reading※
- The Osteology of the Reptiles (page 605)
External links※
- Eocaiman in the Paleobiology Database
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Categories:
- Alligatoridae
- Prehistoric pseudosuchian genera
- Paleocene crocodylomorphs
- Eocene crocodylomorphs
- Miocene crocodylomorphs
- Paleocene reptiles of South America
- Eocene reptiles of South America
- Miocene reptiles of South America
- Paleogene Argentina
- Fossils of Argentina
- Golfo San Jorge Basin
- Paleogene Brazil
- Fossils of Brazil
- Neogene Colombia
- Fossils of Colombia
- Honda Group, Colombia
- Fossil taxa described in 1933
- Taxa named by George Gaylord Simpson
- Itaboraí Formation
- Sarmiento Formation
- Salamanca Formation
- Prehistoric archosaur stubs