Reptilia - Crocodylia - Alligatoridae
Synonyms: Carandaisuchus nativus Gasparini 1985, Mourasuchus nativus Gasparini 1985
Full reference: J. Bocquentin Villanueva. 1984. Um nuevo Nettosuchiade (Crocodylia Eusuchia) proveniente de la Formacion Urumaco (Miceno Superior), Venezuela. Ameghiniana 21(1):3-8
Belongs to Mourasuchus according to G. M. Cidade et al. 2020
See also Bocquentin and Souza Filho 1990, Bocquentin Villanueva 1984, Cidade et al. 2019, Langston and Gasparini 1997, Riff et al. 2010, Scheyer and Delfino 2016, Souza Filho 1987 and Tineo et al. 2015
Sister taxa: Mourasuchus amazonensis, Mourasuchus atopus, Mourasuchus pattersoni
Type specimens:
- Mourasuchus arendsi: CIAAP 1297, a partial skeleton (Skull and presacral vertebrae). Its type locality is Corralito Locality, which is in a Miocene terrestrial horizon in the Urumaco Formation of Venezuela.
- Mourasuchus nativus: MLP 73-IV-15-8, a partial skull (Posterior part of skull).
Ecology: carnivore
Distribution:
• Huayquerian of Argentina (1 collection)
• Miocene of Bolivia (1), Brazil (2), Venezuela (5)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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