Paleosuchus
| Paleosuchus | |
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Paleosuchus palpebrosus
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Archosauromorpha |
| Clade: | Archosauriformes |
| Order: | Crocodilia |
| Family: | Alligatoridae |
| Subfamily: | Caimaninae |
| Genus: | Paleosuchus Gray, 1862 |
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Paleosuchus is a
Caimaninae of the family Alligatoridae. They are the smallest members of the order Crocodilia in the Americas.[2]
The genus contains two extant species[3] and a yet unnamed fossil species.[4]
| Image | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
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P. palpebrosus | Cuvier's dwarf caiman | Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad, and Venezuela |
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P. trigonatus | Smooth-fronted caiman | Amazon and Orinoco Basins |
References
- PMID 34567843.
- ^ Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey (2014). The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed at http://animaldiversity.org.
- ^ Alderton, D. (1991). Crocodiles and Alligators of the World. New York: Facts on File Publications.
- PMID 25716785.
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