Caiman brevirostris

Caiman brevirostris is an extinct species of alligator described in 1987. They lived in the Late Miocene period.[1] Their range was principally in what is now southern Amazonia, Brazil.

Caiman brevirostris
Temporal range: Late Miocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Crocodilia
Family: Alligatoridae
Genus: Caiman
Species:
C. brevirostris
Binomial name
Caiman brevirostris
Souza Filho, 1987

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