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CULEBRASUCHUS
(koo-lay-bra-soo-kus)
meaning: "Culebra crocodile"
Named By: A. K. Hastings, J. I. Bloch, C. A. Jaramillo, A. F. Rincon & B. J. Macfadden in 2013
Time Period: Early-Mid Miocene (Hemingfordian)~20.6-16.3 Ma
Location: Panama - Culebra Fromation
Size: Full size estimated to be about 2 meters long
Diet: Carnivore
Fossil(s): Skull and three cervical (neck) vertebra
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Crocodylomorpha | Crocodilia | Alligatoridae | Caimaninae |
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Culebrasuchus is an extinct genus of caiman (a type of crocodilian) known from the Early to Middle Miocene (Hemingfordian) of the Panama Canal Zone of Panama. It contains a single species, Culebrasuchus mesoamericanus.

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