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Caimaninae

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	194769	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=194769

Rank

unranked clade (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Crocodylia : Alligatoridae : Caimaninae

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1847
subphylum	Vertebrata	Lamarck 1801
superclass	Gnathostomata	Gegenbauer 1874
-	Osteichthyes
-	Sarcopterygii	Romer 1955
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha
-	Tetrapoda
-	Reptiliomorpha	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Anthracosauria	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Batrachosauria
-	Cotylosauria
-	Amniota	Haeckel 1866
-	Sauropsida	Huxley 1864
class	Reptilia	Laurenti 1768
subclass	Eureptilia
-	Romeriida	Gauthier et al. 1988
-	Diapsida
-	Eosuchia
-	Neodiapsida	Benton 1985
-	Sauria	Gauthier 1984
-	Archosauromorpha
-	Crocopoda	Ezcurra 2016
-	Archosauriformes	Gauthier 1986
-	Eucrocopoda	Ezcurra 2016
-	Archosauria
-	Pseudosuchia
-	Suchia	Krebs 1974
-	Paracrocodylomorpha	Parrish 1993
-	Loricata
-	Crocodylomorpha
suborder	Crocodyliformes	Hay 1930
-	Mesoeucrocodylia	Whetstone and Whybrow 1983
-	Neosuchia	Clark 1988
suborder	Eusuchia	Huxley 1875
-	Crocodylia
-	Brevirostres	Cuvier
superfamily	Alligatoroidea	Gray 1844
-	Globidonta	Brochu 1999
family	Alligatoridae	Gray 1844
-	Caimaninae	Brochu 1999

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Caimaninae	unranked clade	belongs to Alligatoridae	stated with evidence	Brochu, 1999
Caimaninae	unranked clade	belongs to Globidonta	stated without evidence	Farke et al., 2014

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

12 (20%)

First Recorded Appearance

83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Environment

marine (based on Mesoeucrocodylia)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)

Diet

carnivore (based on Crocodylia)

Taphonomy

phosphatic (based on Vertebrata)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

C. A. Brochu. 1999. Phylogenetics, Taxonomy, and Historical Biogeography of Alligatoroidea. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 19(S2):9-100

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Nettosuchidae family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Acresuchus ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)		6	11.6 Ma Miocene	9.00 Ma Miocene
Albertochampsa ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Bottosaurus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		9	83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	56.8 Ma Paleocene
Centenariosuchus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	20.4 Ma Miocene	20.4 Ma Miocene
Culebrasuchus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	20.4 Ma Miocene	20.4 Ma Miocene
Eocaiman ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		6	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	13.8 Ma Miocene
Globidentosuchus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		9	16.0 Ma Miocene	9.00 Ma Miocene
Gnatusuchus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	16.0 Ma Miocene	11.6 Ma Miocene
Kuttanacaiman ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	16.0 Ma Miocene	16.0 Ma Miocene
Mourasuchus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		33	23.0 Ma Miocene	9.00 Ma Miocene
Necrosuchus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Notocaiman ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	61.7 Ma Paleocene	61.7 Ma Paleocene
Orthogenysuchus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	55.8 Ma Eocene	55.8 Ma Eocene
Paleosuchus genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Caiman	3	16.0 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Protocaiman ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)		2	70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Purussaurus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		49	28.4 Ma Oligocene	9.00 Ma Miocene
Tsoabichi ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	55.8 Ma Eocene	55.8 Ma Eocene
Jacarea unranked clade	listed (PBDB)		34	23.0 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1988	Caiman tremembensis Chiappe
1999	Caimaninae Brochu
2013	Caimaninae Hastings et al.
2013	Caimaninae Pinheiro et al.
2014	Caimaninae Farke et al.
2020	Caimaninae de Silva Lacerda et al.

References

Brochu C. A. (1999) Phylogenetics, Taxonomy, and Historical Biogeography of Alligatoroidea, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 19 S2, 9-100

Chiappe L. M. (1988) Un nuevo caiman (Crocodylia, Alligatoridae) de la. Formación Tremembé (Oligoceno), Estado de São Paulo, Brasil, y su significado paleoclimatico, Paula-Coutiana 3, 49-66

Hastings A. K., Bloch J. I., et al (2013) Systematics and biogeography of crocodylians from the Miocene of Panama, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 33 2, 239-263

Pinheiro A. E. P., Fortier D. C., et al (2013) A new Eocaiman (Alligatoridae, Crocodylia) from the Itaborai Basin, Paleogene of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Historical Biology 25 3, 327-337 doi:10.1080/08912963.2012.705838

Farke A. A., Henn M. M., et al (2014) Leidyosuchus (Crocodylia: Alligatoroidea) from the Upper Cretaceous Kaiporowits Formation (Late Campanian) of Utah, USA, PaleoBios 30 3, 72-88

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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