Jacarea
Temporal range: PaleocenePresent,
Yacare caiman, Caiman yacare
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Archosauromorpha
Clade: Archosauriformes
Order: Crocodilia
Family: Alligatoridae
Subfamily: Caimaninae
Clade: Jacarea
Norell, 1988
Genera

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.[1] In 1999, Brochu formally cladistically defined Jacarea as the last common ancestor of Caiman latirosris (Broad-snouted caiman), Caiman crocodilus (Spectacled caiman), Caiman yacare (Yacare caiman), Melanosuchus niger (Black caiman), and all its descendants.[1] Molecular DNA phylogenetic studies recover Paleosuchus as outside of Jacarea, although morphological studies are inconsistent.[1]

The cladogram below shows the results of the strict consensus phylogenetic analysis of the 2020 Cicade et al. study:[2]

Caimaninae

Culebrasuchus mesoamericanus

Gnatusuchus pebasensis

Globidentosuchus brachyrostris

Eocaiman palaeocenicus

Eocaiman itaboraiensis

Eocaiman cavernensis

Kuttanacaiman iquitosensis

Bottosaurus harlani

Tsoabichi greenriverensis

Paleosuchus trigonatus Smooth-fronted caiman

Paleosuchus palpebrosus Cuvier's dwarf caiman

Caiman gasparinae

Mourasuchus amazonensis

Mourasuchus pattersoni

Mourasuchus atopus

Mourasuchus arendsi

Jacarea

Necrosuchus ionensis

UCMP 39978

Caiman wannlangstoni

Centenariosuchus gilmorei

Caiman brevirostris

Melanosuchus niger Black caiman

Caiman latirostris Broad-snouted caiman

Caiman yacare Yacare caiman

Caiman crocodilus Spectacled caiman

Acresuchus pachytemporalis

Purussaurus neivensis

Purussaurus mirandai

Purussaurus brasiliensis

References

  1. 1 2 3 Rio, Jonathan P.; Mannion, Philip D. (6 September 2021). "Phylogenetic analysis of a new morphological dataset elucidates the evolutionary history of Crocodylia and resolves the long-standing gharial problem". PeerJ. 9: e12094. doi:10.7717/peerj.12094. PMC 8428266. PMID 34567843.
  2. Cicade, G.M.; Fortier, D.; Hsiou, A.S. (2020). "Taxonomic and phylogenetic review of Necrosuchus ionensis (Alligatoroidea: Caimaninae) and the early evolution and radiation of caimanines". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 189 (2): 657–669. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz051.
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