| Protocaiman Temporal range: Paleocene,
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Crocodilia |
| Family: | Alligatoridae |
| Subfamily: | Caimaninae |
| Genus: | †Protocaiman Bona et al., 2018 |
| Species: | †P. peligrensis
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| Binomial name | |
| †Protocaiman peligrensis Bona et al., 2018
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Protocaiman is a caimanine genus of crocodylian first described in 2018. The type species Protocaiman peligrensis was discovered in Argentina's Salamanca Formation, and lived in Patagonia during the Paleocene epoch.2 The holotype is specimen MLP 80-X-10-1, which is a partial skull.3
References
References
- Rio, Jonathan P.; Mannion, Philip D. (6 September 2021). "Phylogenetic analysis of a new morphological dataset elucidates the evolutionary history of Crocodylia and resolves the long-standing gharial problem". PeerJ. 9 e12094. doi:10.7717/peerj.12094. PMC 8428266. PMID 34567843.
- Bona, Paula; Ezcurra, Martín D.; Barrios, Francisco; Blanco, María V. Fernandez (2018-08-29). "A new Palaeocene crocodylian from southern Argentina sheds light on the early history of caimanines". Proc. R. Soc. B. 285 (1885) 20180843. doi:10.1098/rspb.2018.0843. ISSN 0962-8452. PMC 6125902. PMID 30135152.
- Bona, Paula; Ezcurra, Martín D.; Barrios, Francisco; Fernandez Blanco, María V. (August 29, 2018). "A new Palaeocene crocodylian from southern Argentina sheds light on the early history of caimanines". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 285 (1885) 20180843. doi:10.1098/rspb.2018.0843. PMC 6125902. PMID 30135152.