Paranasuchus
| Paranasuchus Temporal range:
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Archosauria |
| Order: | Crocodilia |
| Family: | Alligatoridae |
| Subfamily: | Caimaninae |
| Genus: | †Paranasuchus Bona et al., 2024 |
| Type species | |
| Paranasuchus gasparinae (Bona & Carabajal et al., 2013)
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Paranasuchus is an extinct genus of large caiman from the Late Miocene Ituzaingó Formation of Argentina. The type species was originally described as a new species of Caiman, C. gasparinae, in 2013, but a study from 2024 concluded that it differed significantly enough to represent its own genus. Paranasuchus was a large caiman with a broad skull and was only one of several generalized caimans that inhabited Paraná during the Late Miocene.