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Monophyletic taxon: Caimaninae Brochu 1999 (reptile)
Classification by:

[Crurotarsi] Sereno & Arcucci 1990
   Crocodylomorpha Walker 1968 [Clark 1988] see Subclass Crocodylomorpha Hay, 1930
     Crocodyliformes Clark 1988 [Sereno, Larsson, Sidor & Gado 2001]
       Mesoeucrocodylia Whetstone & Whybrow 1983 [Sereno, Larsson, Sidor & Gado 2001]
         Eusuchia Huxley 1875 {Brochu 2003}
           [crown] Crocodylia Gmelin 1789 [Clark 1988] see Order Crocodylia Wagler, 1830
             [crown] Brevirostres von Zittel 1890 [Brochu 2003]
               Alligatoroidea Gray 1844 {Brochu 2003} see Superfamily Alligatoroidea Cuvier, 1807
                 Globidonta Brochu 1999 [Brochu 1999]
                   [crown] Alligatoridae Cuvier 1807 {Brochu 2003} see Family Alligatoridae Cuvier, 1807
                     Caimaninae Brochu 1999 see Subfamily Caimaninae Brochu, 1999
                       1 ?Necrosuchus ionensis Simpson, 1937
                       2 ?Genus †Notocaiman Rusconi, 1937
                       3 Eocaiman cavernosus Simpson, 1933 see Eocaiman cavernensis Simpson, 1933
                       4.1 Genus Paleosuchus Gray, 1862
                       4.2.1.1 Nettosuchidae Langston 1965 [Brochu 1999], nom. cl. nud.
                       4.2.1.2 Genus †Purussaurus Rodrigues, 1892
                       4.2.2.1 Caiman tremembensis Chiappe, 1988, nom. dub., incertae sedis
                       4.2.2.2 Caiman niteroiensis Souza Filho & Bocquetin, 1991, nom. nud., incertae sedis
                       4.2.2.3 Caiman brevirostris Souza Filho, 1987, incertae sedis
                       4.2.2.4.1 Caiman lutescens (Rovereto, 1912)
                       4.2.2.4.2 Genus Melanosuchus Gray, 1862 [monotypic]
                       4.2.2.4.3 Caiman latirostris (Daudin, 1802) - broad-nosed caiman
                       4.2.2.5.1 Caiman yacare (Daudin, 1802) - Panama caiman
                       4.2.2.5.2 Caiman crocodilus (Linnaeus, 1758) - common caiman

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