Eocaiman Explained

Eocaiman is an extinct genus of caiman containing species living from the Early Paleocene to Miocene in what is now Argentina (Salamanca and Sarmiento Formations), Itaboraí Formation of Brazil and Colombia (Honda Group).^{[1] [2]} Eocaiman contains three described species: E. cavernensis, E. palaeocenicus, and E. itaboraiensis, and is typically recovered as one of the more basal members of Caimaninae.^{[3] [4]} Notocaiman was synonymized with Eocaiman paleocenicus in 2022.^[5]

Further reading

• The Osteology of the Reptiles (page 605)

External links

• Eocaiman in the Paleobiology Database

Notes and References

1. http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=57016 Eocaiman
2. André E.P. Pinheiro . Daniel C. Fortier . Diego Pol . Diógenes A. Campos . Lílian P. Bergqvist . 2013 . A new Eocaiman (Alligatoridae, Crocodylia) from the Itaboraí Basin, Paleogene of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil . Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology . 25 . 3 . 327–337 . 10.1080/08912963.2012.705838. 2013HBio...25..327P . 84897348 . 11336/5404 . free .
3. 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 . . 9 . e12094 . 10.7717/peerj.12094 . 34567843 . 8428266 . free.
4. Paula Bona . Martín D. Ezcurra . Francisco Barrios . María V. Fernandez Blanco . 2018 . A new Palaeocene crocodylian from southern Argentina sheds light on the early history of caimanines . . 285 . 1885 . 20180843 . 10.1098/rspb.2018.0843 . 30135152 . 6125902 . free.
5. Bona . Paula . Barrios . Francisco . Ezcurra . Martín D. . Blanco . M. Victoria Fernandez . 2022 . The Taxonomic Status of Notocaiman stromeri (Crocodylia, Alligatoroidea) and the Early Diversity of South American Caimanines . Ameghiniana . 59 . 3 . 210–220 . 10.5710/AMGH.27.02.2022.3470 . 247273365 . 0002-7014.