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Purussaurus mirandai

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Purussaurus mirandai was named by Aguilera et al. (2006). Its type specimen is UNEFM-CIAAP-1369, a partial skeleton (Complete skull with associated mandibles, femur and ischium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is El Hatillo, which is in a Tortonian fluvial-deltaic claystone/sandstone in the Urumaco Formation of Venezuela.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2006Purussaurus mirandai Aguilera et al. p. 224
2010Purussaurus mirandai Riff et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
RankNameAuthor
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
—Pseudosuchia(Zittel 1890)
—SuchiaKrebs 1974
—Paracrocodylomorpha
—Loricata(Merrem 1820)
—Crocodylomorpha()
—Solidocrania
suborderCrocodyliformes
—MesoeucrocodyliaWhetstone and Whybrow 1983
—NeosuchiaClark 1988
suborderEusuchiaHuxley 1875
—Crocodylia(Owen 1842)
—Alligatoroidea(Gray 1844)
—Globidonta
—Alligatoridae(Gray 1844)
—Caimaninae
—Jacarea(Gray 1844)
genusPurussaurusBarbosa Rodrigues 1892
speciesmirandai

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Purussaurus mirandai Aguilera et al. 2006
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: carnivoreuc
Created: 2009-01-03 20:38:59
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:38:59
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Benton 1983, Carroll 1988, Bush and Bambach 2015, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Miocene to the top of the Tortonian or 11.60800 to 7.24600 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Venezuela (Falcon) Purussaurus mirandai (type locality: 136777)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Venezuela (Falcon) Purussaurus mirandai (136776 143319 143321 147465)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Venezuela (Falcón) Purussaurus mirandai (183009 207049)