Systematics and Biogeography of Crocodylians from the Miocene of Panama
@inproceedings{Hastings2013SystematicsAB, title={Systematics and Biogeography of Crocodylians from the Miocene of Panama}, author={Alexander K. Hastings and Jonathan I. Bloch and Carlos Jaramillo and Aldo F. Rinc{\'o}n and Bruce J. MacFadden}, year={2013} }
ABSTRACT
Despite the fact that fossil crocodylians have been recovered from the Panama Canal Zone starting with initial excavations in 1912, detailed studies have been lacking. Recent excavations of the canal have resulted in new discoveries of many vertebrate fossils, including the first known Miocene crocodylian skulls from Central America. These fossil skulls from the early-middle Miocene represent two new taxa with distinct morphology that is shared with extinct and extant caimans…
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