Protocaiman

Protocaiman; Temporal range: Paleocene, Tiffanian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ Danian
	Holotype skull
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
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 first described in 2018. Protocaiman peligrensis, which was the first member of the genus to be identified, lived in Patagonia during the Paleocene era.[1] The fossil was discovered in Argentina's Salamanca Formation.

References

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.

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[1] 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.