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Purussaurus neivensis
Taxonomy
Dinosuchus neivensis was named by Mook (1941) [holotype, craniums, mandibles, isolated teeth and parts of skeletons]. Its type specimen is USNM 10889, a partial skeleton (6 vertebrae, ribs, and parts of maxilla and dentaries), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Between Neiva and the River Bache, which is in a Miocene terrestrial horizon in Colombia.
It was recombined as Brachygnathosuchus neivensis by Stirton (1953); it was recombined as Caiman neivensis by Langston (1965); it was recombined as Purussaurus neivensis by Aguilera et al. (2006), Riff et al. (2010).
It was recombined as Brachygnathosuchus neivensis by Stirton (1953); it was recombined as Caiman neivensis by Langston (1965); it was recombined as Purussaurus neivensis by Aguilera et al. (2006), Riff et al. (2010).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1941 | Dinosuchus neivensis Mook |
| 1953 | Brachygnathosuchus neivensis Stirton |
| 1965 | Caiman neivensis Langston |
| 2006 | Purussaurus neivensis Aguilera et al. |
| 2010 | Purussaurus neivensis Riff et al. |
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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 neivensis Mook 1941
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Benton 1983, Bush and Bambach 2015, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: base of the Laventan to the top of the Middle Miocene or 13.80000 to 11.63000 Ma
Collections (9 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Middle Miocene | Colombia (Cesar) | Purussaurus neivensis (176829) | |
| Middle Miocene | Colombia (Huila) | Dinosuchus neivensis (type locality: 143324) | |
| Middle Miocene | Peru (Maynas) | Purussaurus neivensis (166767 166768) | |
| Laventan | Colombia (Tolima) | Caiman neivensis (143783) | |
| Laventan | Colombia (Huila) | Caiman neivensis (133648 133693 135348 135373) |