Paleosuchus

Paleosuchus

Paleosuchus palpebrosus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Sauropsida
Order:	Crocodilia
Family:	Alligatoridae
Genus:	Paleosuchus

Paleosuchus is a South American genus of reptile in the family Alligatoridae. They are the smallest members of the order Crocodilia in the Americas.^[1] The genus contains two species:^[2]

Cuvier's dwarf caiman - P. palpebrosus
Smooth-fronted caiman - P. trigonatus

References

↑ Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2014. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed at http://animaldiversity.org.
↑ Alderton, D. 1991. Crocodiles and Alligators of the World. New York: Facts on File Publications.

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Extant Crocodilian species

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sauropsida
(unranked): Archosauria
Superorder: Crocodylomorpha

Family Gavialidae

Gavialis	Gharial (G. gangeticus)

Tomistoma	False gharial (T. schlegelii)

Family Alligatoridae

Alligatorinae
(Alligators)

Alligator	American alligator (A. mississippiensis) Chinese alligator (A. sinensis)

Caimaninae
(Caimans)

Caiman	Broad-snouted caiman (C. latirostris) Spectacled caiman (C. crocodilus) Yacare caiman (C. yacare)

Melanosuchus	Black caiman (M. niger)

Paleosuchus	Cuvier's dwarf caiman (P. palpebrosus) Smooth-fronted caiman (P. trigonatus)

Family Crocodylidae (Crocodiles)

Crocodylinae

Crocodylus	American crocodile (C. acutus) Slender-snouted crocodile (C. cataphractus) Orinoco crocodile (C. intermedius) Freshwater crocodile (C. johnsoni) Philippine crocodile (C. mindorensis) Morelet's crocodile (C. moreletii) Nile crocodile (C. niloticus) New Guinea crocodile (C. novaeguineae) Mugger crocodile (C. palustris) Saltwater crocodile (C. porosus) Cuban crocodile (C. rhombifer) Siamese crocodile (C. siamensis) West African crocodile (C. suchus)

Osteolaemus	Dwarf crocodile (O. tetraspis)

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