Jacarea

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title: Jacarea
text: Jacarea is a clade of caimans within the subfamily Caimaninae. Jacarea was first named by Norell in 1988 to include the extant species within the genera Caiman and Melanosuchus, while excluding the dwarf caiman genus Paleosuchus. In 1999, Brochu formally cladistically defined Jacarea as the last common ancestor of Caiman latirosris, Caiman crocodilus, Caiman yacare, Melanosuchus niger, and all its descendants. Molecular DNA phylogenetic studies recover Paleosuchus as outside of Jacarea, although
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description: Clade of reptiles
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacarea
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date modified: 2023-01-29T18:53:19Z
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