First appearing in the latest Cretaceous, Crocodylia is a clade of semi-aquatic, predatory
reptiles, defined by the last common ancestor of extant alligators, caimans, crocodiles, and …

The fossil crocodylomorph fauna of the Cenozoic of South America is very rich and diverse.
Historically, few publications have been dedicated to providing an overall review of this …

Amazonia contains one of the world's richest biotas, but origins of this diversity remain
obscure. Onset of the Amazon River drainage at approximately 10.5 Ma represented a major …

Species discovery methods utilizing coalescent-based approaches are powerful tools for
detecting cryptic lineages within morphological conservative groups, thus being an …

Here we present a comparative anatomical study of large late Miocene alligatorids of
Argentina (Ituzaingó Formation), in which we analyse their taxonomy, morphological …

Abstract Mourasuchus (Alligatoroidea, Caimaninae) is one of the most peculiar
crocodyliforms due to the skull morphology consisting of a long, wide, dorsoventrally flat …

Advances in molecular biology and genetics are revealing that many recognized
crocodylian species are complexes of two or more cryptic species. These discoveries will …

ABSTRACT The Miocene deposits of South America are notable for their diverse
crocodyliform fauna, of which the giant caimanine Purussaurus is a well-known example …

The late Miocene Urumaco Formation at Urumaco, Falcón state, Venezuela, is remarkably
rich in extinct crocodylians, presenting a diversity hotspot in the Neotropics for the group …

Caiman brevirostris was described based on the basis of late Miocene materials that
included a rostral fragment and a right mandibular ramus, but photographs were not …