Paranacaiman Bona et al. 2024 (crocodilian)

Reptilia - Crocodylia - Alligatoridae

Full reference: P. Bona, F. Barrios, M. D. Ezcurra, M. V. Fernandez Blanco, and G. M. Cidade. 2024. New taxa of giant caimans from the southernmost hyperdiverse wetlands of the South American late Miocene. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 22(1):2375027

Parent taxon: Caimaninae according to P. Bona et al. 2024

Sister taxa: Brachychampsini, Caiman tremembensis, Centenariosuchus, Ceratosuchus, Chinatichampsus, Culebrasuchus, Globidentosuchus, Gnatusuchus, Jacarea, Kuttanacaiman, Mourasuchus, Nettosuchidae, Orthogenysuchus, Paranasuchus, Wannaganosuchus

Subtaxa: Paranacaiman bravardi

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Type: Paranacaiman bravardi

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution: found only at Parana, Pueblo Brugo to Diamante, Ituzaingo Fm. ( of Argentina)

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