Carandaisuchus
Carandaisuchus Temporal range: Miocene - Pliocene | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Sauropsida |
Order: | Crocodilia |
Suborder: | Eusuchia |
Superfamily: | Alligatoroidea |
Family: | Alligatoridae |
Subfamily: | Caimaninae |
Genus: | Carandaisuchus Gasparini, 1985 |
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Carandaisuchus is an extinct genus of caiman. Fossils have been found from the Ituzaingó Formation in Argentina. It was unique among crocodilians in having a pronounced bony occipital crest.[1] The genus has been proposed to be synonymous with Mourasuchus, a strange nettosuchid with an unusually long, broad snout.[2]
References
- ↑ Langston (2008). "Notes on a partial skeleton of Mourasuchus (Crocodylia, Nettosuchidae) from the Upper Miocene of Venezuela". Arquivos do Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro 66 (1): 125–143.
- ↑ Villanueva, J. B.; Souza Filho, J. P. (1990). "O crocodiliano sul-americano Carandaisuchus como sinonímia de Mourasuchus (Nettosuchidae)". Revista Brasileira de Geociências 20: 230–233.
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