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Skull Anatomy of the Bizarre Crocodylian Mourasuchus nativus (Alligatoridae, Caimaninae)
(Wiley, 2012-11)
Mourasuchus is a Miocene alligatorid endemic to South America, and is represented by four species. Together with the closely related Purussaurus, it is a peculiar crocodylian taxon of neogene Caimaninae and one of the most ...
REDESCRIPTION AND PHYLOGENETIC AFFINITIES OF THE CAIMANINE EOCAIMAN CAVERNENSIS (CROCODYLIA, ALLIGATOROIDEA) FROM THE EOCENE OF ARGENTINA
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2020-10-05)
Caimaninae is one of the few crocodylian lineages that still has living representatives. Today, most of its six extant species are restricted to South and Central America. However, recent discoveries have revealed a more ...
Vocal patterns of adult females and juveniles Caiman yacare (Crocodilia: Alligatoridae) in Brazilian Pantanal wetland
(Universidad de Costa Rica, 2013)
A new Palaeocene crocodylian from southern Argentina sheds light on the early history of caimanines
(The Royal Society, 2018-08)
Caimanines are crocodylians currently restricted to South and Central America and the oldest members are from lower Palaeocene localities of the Salamanca Formation (Chubut Province, Argentina). We report here a new caimanine ...
Osteology and cranial musculature of Caiman latirostris (Crocodylia: Alligatoridae)
(Wiley-liss, Div John Wiley & Sons Inc, 2011-07)
Caiman latirostris Daudin is one of the extant species of Caimaninae alligatorids characterized taxonomically only by external morphological features. In the present contribution, we describe the cranial osteology and ...
Caiman gasparinae sp. nov., a huge alligatorid (Caimaninae) from the late Miocene of Paraná, Argentina
(Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2013-05-16)
Morphological studies of South American alligatorids are scarce, and the phylogenetic relationships within Caimaninae are poorly understood. In this context, systematic revision and detailed morphological description of ...