Melanosuchus

Melanosuchus Temporal range: Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Clade:	Archosauromorpha
Clade:	Archosauriformes
Order:	Crocodilia
Family:	Alligatoridae
Subfamily:	Caimaninae
Clade:	Jacarea
Genus:	Melanosuchus Gray, 1862
Species
† Melanosuchus fisheri † Melanosuchus latrubessei Melanosuchus niger

Melanosuchus is a

• Melanosuchus niger (Spix, 1825) - known as the Black caiman, native to the Amazon basin
  of South America

Fossil species are known from the Late Miocene of South America and include:

• Upper Miocene^[1]
• Melanosuchus fisheri Medina, 1976 - from the Urumaco Formation of Venezuela, dating from the Late Miocene, but now considered as nomen dubium^[1][2]