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Mourasuchus

Reptilia

Taxonomy

Mourasuchus was named by Price (1964). Its type is Mourasuchus amazonensis.

It was assigned to Nettosuchidae by Langston (1966) and Bocquentin Villanueva (1984); to Crocodylidae by Carroll (1988); to Alligatoridae by Riff et al. (2010); and to Caimaninae by Brochu (1999), Bona (2007), Brochu (2010), Brochu (2011), Hastings et al. (2013), Pinheiro et al. (2013), Cidade et al. (2017), Silva Lacerda et al. (2020) and Rio and Mannion (2021).

Species

M. amazonensis (type species), M. arendsi (syn. M. nativus), M. atopus, M. pattersoni

Synonyms

Nettosuchus was named by Langston (1965).

It was synonymized subjectively with Mourasuchus by Langston (1966) and Langston and Gasparini (1997).

It was assigned to Nettosuchidae by Langston (1965).
Carandaisuchus was named by Gasparini (1985).

It was synonymized subjectively with Mourasuchus by Bocquentin and Souza Filho (1990).

It was assigned to Alligatoridae by Gasparini (1985).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1964	Mourasuchus Price
1965	Nettosuchus Langston
1966	Mourasuchus Langston
1984	Mourasuchus Bocquentin Villanueva
1985	Carandaisuchus Gasparini
1988	Mourasuchus Carroll
1999	Mourasuchus Brochu
2007	Mourasuchus Bona
2010	Mourasuchus Brochu
2010	Mourasuchus Riff et al.
2011	Mourasuchus Brochu
2013	Mourasuchus Hastings et al.
2013	Mourasuchus Pinheiro et al.
2017	Mourasuchus Cidade et al.
2020	Mourasuchus Silva Lacerda et al.
2021	Mourasuchus Rio and Mannion

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
—	Sauropsida
class	Reptilia
subclass	Eureptilia	()
—	Romeriida
—	Diapsida	()

Rank	Name	Author
—	Archosauromorpha	(Huene 1946)
—	Crocopoda
—	Archosauriformes	Gauthier 1986
—	Eucrocopoda
—	Archosauria	()
—	Pseudosuchia	(Zittel 1890)
—	Suchia	Krebs 1974
—	Paracrocodylomorpha
—	Loricata	(Merrem 1820)
—	Crocodylomorpha	()
—	Solidocrania
suborder	Crocodyliformes
—	Mesoeucrocodylia	Whetstone and Whybrow 1983
—	Neosuchia	Clark 1988
suborder	Eusuchia	Huxley 1875
—	Crocodylia	(Owen 1842)
—	Alligatoroidea	(Gray 1844)
—	Globidonta
—	Alligatoridae	(Gray 1844)
—	Caimaninae
genus	Mourasuchus	Price 1964

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.

G. †Mourasuchus Price 1964

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†Mourasuchus amazonensis Price 1964

†Mourasuchus arendsi Bocquentin Villanueva 1984

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Invalid names: Mourasuchus nativus Gasparini 1985 [synonym]

†Mourasuchus atopus Langston 1965

†Mourasuchus pattersoni Cidade et al. 2017

Invalid names: Carandaisuchus Gasparini 1985 [synonym], Nettosuchus Langston 1965 [synonym]

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 Laventan to the top of the Huayquerian or 13.80000 to 5.00000 Ma

Collections (36 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Eocene - Pliocene	56.0 - 2.588	Brazil (Acre)	M. sp. (217776)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene	23.03 - 11.608	Colombia (La Guajira)	M. sp. (176828)
Middle Miocene	15.97 - 11.608	Peru (Maynas)	M. atopus (166767 166768)
Middle Miocene	15.97 - 11.608	Venezuela (Falcon)	M. sp. (147466)
Middle Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene	15.97 - 5.333	Venezuela (Falcón)	M. arendsi (211915)
Serravallian	13.82 - 11.62	Peru (Maynas)	M. sp. (166770)
Serravallian - Tortonian	13.82 - 7.246	Bolivia (Santa Cruz)	M. sp. (167953)
Laventan	13.8 - 11.0	Peru	M. sp. (107992)
Laventan	13.8 - 11.0	Colombia	M. atopus (13686 13749 153820 153821)
Laventan	13.8 - 11.0	Colombia (Huila)	Nettosuchus atopus (143786 143795)
Tortonian	11.62 - 7.246	Brazil (Acre)	M. amazonensis, M. nativus (136717) M. sp. (209089) M. sp., M. nativus (55602)
Tortonian	11.62 - 7.246	Venezuela (Falcon)	M. arendsi (136777)
Late/Upper Miocene	11.608 - 5.333	Brazil	M. amazonensis (57989)
Late/Upper Miocene	11.608 - 5.333	Venezuela (Falcon)	M. nativus (143518 147463) M. sp. (136776 147462 147465 182999 183008 183010)
Late/Upper Miocene	11.608 - 5.333	Venezuela (Falcón)	M. arendsi (63520 99403)
Late/Upper Miocene	11.608 - 5.333	Venezuela	M. arendsi (181308)
Late/Upper Miocene	11.608 - 5.333	Brazil (Acre)	M. amazonensis (191932) M. sp. (136714)
Late/Upper Miocene	11.608 - 5.333	Bolivia (Pando)	M. arendsi (68795)
Huayquerian	8.0 - 5.0	Argentina (Entre Rios)	Carandaisuchus nativus (55600)
Pliocene	5.333 - 2.588	Brazil (Acre)	M. amazonensis (217817)