Named By: | G. G. Simpson in 1933 |
Time Period: | Early Paleocene-Late Miocene (pre-Tiupampan-Montehermosan)~66-5.3 Ma |
Location: | Argentina - Salamanca Formation, Brazil, and Colombia - Honda Group |
Size: | Details unavailable but there is some variance between species |
Diet: | Piscivore/Carnivore |
Fossil(s): | Several individuals, though often of incomplete skull and jaw remains |
Classification: | | Chordata | Sauropsida | Crocodylomorpha | Crocodylia | Crocodylia | Alligatoridae | Caimaninae | |
Eocaiman is an extinct genus of caimanine containing species living from the Early Paleocene to Late Miocene in what is now Argentina (Salamanca and Sarmiento Formations), Brazil and Colombia (Honda Group).