Paleosuchus

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha
Cladus: Crurotarsi
Divisio: Archosauria
Subdivisio: Pseudosuchia
Superordo: Crocodylomorpha
Ordo: Crocodilia
Subordo: Eusuchia

Familia: Alligatoridae
Subfamilia: Caimaninae
Genus: Paleosuchus
Species: P. palpebrosus P. trigonatus
Name

Paleosuchus Gray, 1862
Vernacular names
Deutsch: Blattstirnkaimans
English: Smooth-fronted Caimans
suomi: Sileäotsakaimaanit
ไทย: เคแมนแคระ, ไคแมนแคระ

Paleosuchus is a South American genus of reptiles in the subfamily Caimaninae of the family Alligatoridae. They are the smallest members of the order Crocodilia in the Americas.[2] The genus contains two species:[3]

Image	Scientific name	Common name	Distribution
	P. palpebrosus	Cuvier's dwarf caiman	Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela
	P. trigonatus	Smooth-fronted caiman	Amazon and Orinoco Basins

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