Genus: Centenariosuchus HASTINGS, BLOC, JARAMILLO, RINCON, & MacFADDEN,
2013
Etymology: Genus name in honor of the centennial anniversary of the excavation
of the Panama Canal (2014) and Greek, suchos, "crocodile."
Species: gilmorei HASTINGS, BLOC, JARAMILLO, RINCON, & MacFADDEN,
2013
Etymology: In honor of Charles W. Gilmore, and first to publish findings of
crocodylian fossils within the Panama Canal in 1912.
Holotype: UF 262899
Locality: Hodges Microsite at the Hodges Hill Locality, within the Panama Canal Zone, 9.04768847°N, 79.653814°W, Panama.
Horizon: Upper part of the Cucaracha Formation.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Early to Middle Epoch, Lower Neogene Period, Upper Tertiary Subera, Middle Cenozoic Era.
Material: Partial skull including braincase, dorsal skull table, both quadrate condyles, frontal and two isoalted teeth, cervical verebra, and two partial ossteoderms.
Paratype:
UF 245503: Left premaxilla and partial right maxilla, including five teeth in situ.
Referred material:
cf. Centenariosuchus gilmorei
Locality: Centenario Bridge Locality, Panam Canal Zone, 9.03011452°N, 79.636786°W, Panama.
Horizon: Cucaracha Formation.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Early to Middle Epoch, Lower Neogene Period, Upper Tertiary Subera, Middle Cenozoic Era.
Material:
UF 245593: Nearly complete right angular.
UF 280257: First sacral vertebra with articualted right adn partial left sacral ribs.
UF 280256: Left ilium and ischium.
HASTINGS, REISSER, & SCHEYER, 2016
Locality: 9.04770°N, 79.65380°W, Panama.
Horizon: Upper part of the Cucaracha Formation.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Early to Middle Epoch, Lower Neogene Period, Upper Tertiary Subera, Middle Cenozoic Era.
Material:
UF 281065: Left dentary.