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 | |
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.