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Spectacled Caiman

Caiman crocodilus

Classification

Caiman venezuelensis is an extinct species of caiman that lived in South America during the Pleistocene. The holotype of C. venezuelensis — OR-1677, a partial left premaxilla bone — was discovered in the locality of El Breal of Orocual, in the Mesa Formation, in the state of Monagas, Venezuela, the country of which derives their species name.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Brazil · 666Peru · 471France