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Protocaiman
Temporal range: Paleocene, 66–61.6 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Holotype skull
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Archosauromorpha
Clade: Archosauriformes
Order: Crocodilia
Family: Alligatoridae
Subfamily: Caimaninae
Genus: †Protocaiman
Bona et al., 2018
Species: †P. peligrensis
Binomial name
†Protocaiman peligrensis
Bona et al., 2018

Protocaiman is a caimanine genus of crocodylian first described in 2018. The type species Protocaiman peligrensis was discovered in Argentina's Salamanca Formation, and lived in Patagonia during the Paleocene epoch. The holotype is specimen MLP 80-X-10-1, which is a partial skull.

References

  1. Rio, Jonathan P.; Mannion, Philip D. (6 September 2021). "Phylogenetic analysis of a new morphological dataset elucidates the evolutionary history of Crocodylia and resolves the long-standing gharial problem". PeerJ. 9: e12094. doi:10.7717/peerj.12094. PMC 8428266. PMID 34567843.
  2. Bona, Paula; Ezcurra, Martín D.; Barrios, Francisco; Blanco, María V. Fernandez (2018-08-29). "A new Palaeocene crocodylian from southern Argentina sheds light on the early history of caimanines". Proc. R. Soc. B. 285 (1885): 20180843. doi:10.1098/rspb.2018.0843. ISSN 0962-8452. PMC 6125902. PMID 30135152.
  3. Bona, Paula; Ezcurra, Martín D.; Barrios, Francisco; Fernandez Blanco, María V. (August 29, 2018). "A new Palaeocene crocodylian from southern Argentina sheds light on the early history of caimanines". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 285 (1885): 20180843. doi:10.1098/rspb.2018.0843. PMC 6125902. PMID 30135152.
Extinct crocodilians
Pseudosuchia
Neosuchia
Crocodilia
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Basal crocodilians
Mekosuchinae
Others
Alligatoroidea
Alligatoroidea
Globidonta
Orientalosuchina
Alligatoridae
Alligatorinae
Alligator
Caimaninae
Melanosuchus
Caiman
Deinosuchus riograndensis Purussaurus brasiliensis
Longirostres
Crocodyloidea
Crocodylidae
Osteolaeminae
Crocodylinae
Crocodylus
Gavialoidea
Gavialidae
Tomistominae
sensu stricto
Tomistoma
Gavialinae
sensu lato
Gavialis
Crocodylus anthropophagus Hanyusuchus sinensis
Taxon identifiers
Protocaiman


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