Paleosuchus
Paleosuchus is a South American genus of reptiles in the subfamily Caimaninae of the family Alligatoridae. They are the smallest members of the order Crocodilia in the Americas.[2] The genus contains two species:[3]
| Image | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
 | P. palpebrosus | Cuvier's dwarf caiman | Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela |
 | P. trigonatus | Smooth-fronted caiman | Amazon and Orinoco Basins |
| Paleosuchus Temporal range: Late Pleistocene - Recent, | |
|---|---|
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| Paleosuchus palpebrosus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Crocodilia |
| Family: | Alligatoridae |
| Subfamily: | Caimaninae |
| Genus: | Paleosuchus Gray, 1862 |
| Species | |
References
- 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.
- Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey (2014). The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed at http://animaldiversity.org.
- Alderton, D. (1991). Crocodiles and Alligators of the World. New York: Facts on File Publications.
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