Eocaiman

Eocaiman is an extinct genus of caimanine containing species living from the Early Paleocene to Late Miocene in what is now Argentina (Salamanca and Sarmiento Formations), Itaboraí Formation of Brazil and Colombia (Honda Group).[1][2]

Eocaiman
Temporal range: Early Paleocene-Late Miocene (pre-Tiupampan-Montehermosan)
~66–5.3 Ma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Crocodilia
Family: Alligatoridae
Subfamily: Caimaninae
Genus: †Eocaiman
Simpson 1933
Species
  • †E. cavernensis Simpson 1933 (type)
  • †E. palaeocenicus Bona 2007
  • †E. itaboraiensis Pinheiro et al 2013

References
  1. Eocaiman at Fossilworks.org
  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. in press. doi:10.1080/08912963.2012.705838.

Further reading
  • The Osteology of the Reptiles (page 605)


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