Gryposuchus Gürich 1912 (crocodilian)

Reptilia - Crocodylia - Gavialidae

Full reference: G. Gürich. 1912. Gryposuchus jessei, ein neus schmalschnauziges Krokodil aus den jüngeren Ablagerungen des oberen Amazonas-Gebietes. Mitteilugen des Mineralogisch, Geologischen Instituts Hamburg 4:59-71

Parent taxon: Gryposuchinae according to J. P. Rio and P. D. Mannion 2021

See also Brochu and Rincón 2004, Carroll 1988, Delfino et al. 2005, Jouve et al. 2008, Jouve et al. 2006, Kraus 1998, Langston and Gasparini 1997, Martin and Buffetaut 2008, Patterson 1936, Puértolas et al. 2011, Riff et al. 2010, Salas-Gismondi et al. 2016 and Vélez-Juarbe et al. 2007

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Gryposuchus colombianus Gryposuchus croizati Gryposuchus jessei Gryposuchus neogaeus Gryposuchus pachakamue

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Type: Gryposuchus jessei

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Brazil (1 collection)

• Huayquerian of Argentina (1)

• Miocene of Brazil (3), Colombia (7), Peru (7), Venezuela (9)

• Eocene to Pliocene of Brazil (1)

Total: 29 collections including 31 occurrences

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