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Paraphyletic taxon: Genus Caiman Spix, 1825 (reptile)
Classification by:

Natura - nature
   actualia - actual entities
     Mundus Plinius - physical world
       naturalia - natural bodies
         [crown] Clade Biota Wagner 2004 [Wiemann, de Queiroz, Rowe, Planavsky, Anderson, Gogarten, Turner & Gauthier 2020]
           Clade neomura Cavalier-Smith, 1987
             Domain Eukaryota Chatton, 1925 - eukaryotes
               Clade discaria Cavalier-Smith, 2021
                 Clade dorsates Cavalier-Smith, 2021
                   Clade podiates Cavalier-Smith, 2012
                     [crown] Clade Amorphea Adl et al. 2012 [Simpson, Medina & Adl 2020]
                       [crown] Clade Obazoa Brown, Sharpe, Silberman, Heiss, Lang, Simpson & Roger 2013
                         [crown] Clade Opisthokonta Cavalier-Smith 1987 [Simpson & Medina 2020] - animal-fungal clade
                           Superkingdom Holozoa Lang, O'Kelly, Nerad, Gray & Burger, 2002
                             Clade filozoa Shalchian-Tabrizi, Minge, Espelund, Orr, Ruden, Jakobsen & Cavalier-Smith, 2008
                               Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
                                 Clade Planulozoa Wallberg, Thollesson, Farris & Jondelius 2004
                                   Subkingdom Bilateria Hatschek, 1888 - bilaterians
                                     Clade Nephrozoa Jondelius, Ruiz-Trillo, Baguñà & Riutort 2002
                                       Infrakingdom Deuterostomia Grobben, 1908
                                         Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
                                           Subphylum Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812 - vertebrates
                                             Myopterygii - myopterygians
                                               Superclass Gnathostomata Gegenbaur, 1874 - jawed vertebrates
                                                 Grade Teleostomi Bonaparte, 1836
                                                   Euteleostomi - bony vertebrates
                                                     Clade Sarcopterygii Romer, 1955
                                                       [crown] Rhipidistia Cope, 1887
                                                         Clade Tetrapodomorpha Ahlberg, 1991
                                                           Clade Osteolepidimorpha
                                                             Clade Tetrapoda Hatschek & Cori 1896 [Gauthier, Kluge & Rowe 1988]
                                                               [crown] Clade Neotetrapoda
                                                                 Clade Reptiliomorpha Säve-Söderbergh, 1934
                                                                   Batrachosauria
                                                                     [crown] Clade Amniota Haeckel, 1866 [Gauthier, Kluge & Rowe 1988] - amniotes
                                                                       Class Reptilia Linnaeus, 1758 - reptiles
                                                                         Eureptilia Olson, 1947
                                                                           Romeriida Gauthier, Kluge & Rowe, 1988
                                                                             Clade Diapsida Osborn 1903 [Gauthier & de Queiroz 2020]
                                                                               [crown] Clade Neodiapsida Benton 1985
                                                                                 Clade Pan-Archelosauria W.G. Joyce, J. Anquetin, E. Cadena, J. Claude, I.G. Danilov, S.W. Evers, ..., J.F. Parham 2021, sedis mutabilis
                                                                                   [crown] Clade Archelosauria N.G. Crawford, J.F. Parham, A.B. Sellas, B.C. Faircloth, T.C. Glenn, T.J. Papenfuss, ..., W.B. Simison 2015 [W.G. Joyce, J. Anquetin, E. Cadena, J. Claude, I.G. Danilov, S.W. Evers, ..., J.F. Parham 2021]
                                                                                     Clade Pan-Archosauria Gauthier 2020
                                                                                       Clade Archosauromorpha von Huene 1946 [Gauthier 2020]
                                                                                         Clade Crocopoda Ezcurra 2016
                                                                                           Clade Archosauriformes Gauthier 1994 [Gauthier 2020]
                                                                                             Clade Crurotarsi Sereno & Arcucci 1990
                                                                                               [crown] Clade Archosauria Cope 1869 [Gauthier & Padian 2020]
                                                                                                 Clade Pseudosuchia Zittel 1887-1890 [Gauthier & Padian 1985]
                                                                                                   Clade Suchia Krebs 1974 [Sereno 1991]
                                                                                                     Clade Paracrocodylomorpha Parrish 1993
                                                                                                       Clade Loricata Merrem 1820 [Nesbitt 2011]
                                                                                                         Subclass Crocodylomorpha Hay, 1930
                                                                                                           Clade Crocodyliformes Clark 1988 [Sereno, Larsson, Sidor & Gado 2001]
                                                                                                             Clade Mesoeucrocodylia Whetstone & Whybrow 1983 [Sereno, Larsson, Sidor & Gado 2001]
                                                                                                               Clade Metasuchia Benton & Clark 1988 [Sereno, Larsson, Sidor & Gado 2001]
                                                                                                                 Clade Neosuchia Benton & Clark 1988 [Sereno, Larsson, Sidor & Gado 2001]
                                                                                                                   Clade Eusuchia Huxley 1875 {Brochu 2003}
                                                                                                                     [crown] Order Crocodylia Wagler, 1830 - crocodiles
                                                                                                                       [crown] Clade Brevirostres von Zittel 1890 [Brochu 2003]
                                                                                                                         Superfamily Alligatoroidea Cuvier, 1807
                                                                                                                           Clade Globidonta Brochu 1999 [Brochu 1999]
                                                                                                                             [crown] Family Alligatoridae Cuvier, 1807
                                                                                                                               Subfamily Caimaninae Brochu, 1999
                                                                                                                                 Genus Caiman Spix, 1825 [paraphyletic]
                                                                                                                                   1 Caiman tremembensis Chiappe, 1988, nom. dub., incertae sedis
                                                                                                                                   2 †"Caiman niteroiensis" Souza Filho & Bocquetin, 1991, nom. nud., incertae sedis
                                                                                                                                   3 Caiman brevirostris Souza Filho, 1987, incertae sedis
                                                                                                                                   4.1 Caiman lutescens (Rovereto, 1912)
                                                                                                                                   4.2 Caiman latirostris (Daudin, 1802) - broad-nosed caiman
                                                                                                                                   5.1 Caiman yacare (Daudin, 1802) - Panama caiman
                                                                                                                                   5.2 Caiman crocodilus (Linnaeus, 1758) - common caiman

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