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Paraphyletic taxon:
Genus
Caiman
Spix, 1825
(reptile)
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Entity:
Caimaninae (Subfamily)
..†Eocaiman (Genus)
..Melanosuchus (Genus)
..†Necrosuchus (Genus)
..†Nettosuchidae (Clade)
..†Notocaiman (Genus)
..Paleosuchus (Genus)
..†Purussaurus (Genus)
..†Tsoabichi (Genus)
..Caiman (Genus)
....†Caiman brevirostris (Species)
....Caiman crocodilus (Species) - common caiman
....Caiman latirostris (Species) - broad-nosed caiman
....†Caiman lutescens (Species)
....†Caiman niteroiensis (Species)
....†Caiman tremembensis (Species)
....Caiman yacare (Species) - Panama caiman
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
J.B. v. Spix, 1825
Original name
:
v. Spix, J.B. 1825.
Lacert. Brasil.
: 3.
Types
Type
:
Caiman latirostris
(Daudin, 1802)
Ref:
P. Uetz et al. (eds.), 2016
: 16 Aug 2016.
Homonyms
Junior homonym
:
Caiman
(Genus)
Gray, 1844, nom. illeg.
Ref:
S.A. Neave (ed.), [2005]
: [19 Dec 2008].
Synonyms
Synonymous name
:
†
Brachygnathosuchus
(Genus)
Mook, 1921
Ref:
R.L. Carroll, 1988
: 620.
Synonymous name
:
†
Dinosuchus
(Genus)
Gervais, 1876
Ref:
R.L. Carroll, 1988
: 620.
Synonymous name
:
Jacaretinga
(Genus)
Spix, 1825
Ref:
PBDB
: 27 Oct 2013.
Synonymous name
:
†
Proalligator
(Genus)
Ambrosetti, 1890
Ref:
R.L. Carroll, 1988
: 620.
Synonymous name
:
†
Xenosuchus
(Genus)
Rusconi, 1933
Ref:
R.L. Carroll, 1988
: 620.
Including
:
†
Purrusaurus
(Genus)
Nopcsa, 1924, orth. inval.
Ref:
R.L. Carroll, 1988
: 620.
Including
:
†
Purussaurus
(Genus)
Rodrigues, 1892
Ref:
R.L. Carroll, 1988
: 620.
[implicit]
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
brilkaaimans
Ref:
B. Grzimek (ed.), 1973-1975
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1 Feb 2024