Carandaisuchus
| Carandaisuchus Temporal range: Miocene - Pliocene | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Sauropsida |
| Order: | Crocodilia |
| Suborder: | Eusuchia |
| Superfamily: | Alligatoroidea |
| Family: | Alligatoridae |
| Subfamily: | Caimaninae |
| Genus: | Carandaisuchus Gasparini, 1985 |
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Carandaisuchus is an extinct genus of caiman. Fossils have been found from the Ituzaingó Formation in Argentina. It was unique among crocodilians in having a pronounced bony occipital crest.[1] The genus has been proposed to be synonymous with Mourasuchus, a strange nettosuchid with an unusually long, broad snout.[2]
References
- ↑ Langston (2008). "Notes on a partial skeleton of Mourasuchus (Crocodylia, Nettosuchidae) from the Upper Miocene of Venezuela". Arquivos do Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro. 66 (1): 125–143.
- ↑ Villanueva, J. B.; Souza Filho, J. P. (1990). "O crocodiliano sul-americano Carandaisuchus como sinonímia de Mourasuchus (Nettosuchidae)". Revista Brasileira de Geociências. 20: 230–233.
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