Name - Caiman

Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)

urn:lsid:organismnames.com:name:32278 [metadata]

Variants and Synonyms

• Caiman Spix 1825

• Caiman Spix

• Caiman v. Spix 1825

• Caiman Gray 1844

Reported Taxonomic Ranks

Genus

Reported Taxonomic Hierarchies

Recent Publications

• Osteohistological study on both fossil and living Caimaninae (Crocodyliformes, Crocodylia) from South America and preliminary comments on growth physiology and ecology.
• Unexpected but unsurprising lineage diversity within the most widespread Neotropical crocodilian genus Caiman (Crocodylia, Alligatoridae).
• Host feeding patterns of Nyssorhynchus darlingi (Diptera: Culicidae) in the Brazilian Amazon.
• On the homology of crocodylian post-dentary bones and their macroevolution throughout Pseudosuchia.
• Phylogeographical analysis and phylogenetic inference based on the cytochrome b gene in the genus Caiman (Crocodylia: Alligatoridae) in Central and South America.

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