Protocaiman

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]

Protocaiman Temporal range: Paleocene, 66–61.6 Ma[1] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Clade:	Archosauria
Order:	Crocodilia
Family:	Alligatoridae
Subfamily:	Caimaninae
Genus:	†Protocaiman Bona et al., 2018
Species:	†P. peligrensis
Binomial name
†Protocaiman peligrensis Bona et al., 2018