Reptilia - Crocodylia - Alligatoridae
Full reference: A. K. Hastings, J. I. Bloch, C. A. Jaramillo, A. F. Rincon, and B. J. Macfadden. 2013. Systematics and biogeography of crocodylians from the Miocene of Panama. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 33(2):239-263
Parent taxon: Caimaninae according to G. M. Cidade et al. 2017
See also Hastings et al. 2013 and Hastings et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Brachychampsini, Caiman tremembensis, Centenariosuchus, Ceratosuchus, Chinatichampsus, Globidentosuchus, Gnatusuchus, Jacarea, Kuttanacaiman, Mourasuchus, Nettosuchidae, Orthogenysuchus, Paranacaiman, Paranasuchus, Wannaganosuchus
Subtaxa: Culebrasuchus mesoamericanus
Type: Culebrasuchus mesoamericanus
Ecology: carnivore
Distribution: found only at El Lirio Norte (Miocene of Panama)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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