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Purussaurus
Taxonomy
Purussaurus was named by Barbosa Rodrigues (1892).
It was assigned to Alligatoridae by Riff et al. (2010); to Caimaninae by Brochu (1999), Aguilera et al. (2006), Bona (2007), Jouve et al. (2008), Brochu (2010), Brochu (2011), Hastings et al. (2013) and Pinheiro et al. (2013); and to Jacarea by Rio and Mannion (2021).
It was assigned to Alligatoridae by Riff et al. (2010); to Caimaninae by Brochu (1999), Aguilera et al. (2006), Bona (2007), Jouve et al. (2008), Brochu (2010), Brochu (2011), Hastings et al. (2013) and Pinheiro et al. (2013); and to Jacarea by Rio and Mannion (2021).
Species
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1892 | Purussaurus Barbosa Rodrigues |
1999 | Purussaurus Brochu |
2006 | Purussaurus Aguilera et al. |
2007 | Purussaurus Bona |
2008 | Purusaurus Jouve et al. |
2010 | Purussaurus Brochu |
2010 | Purussaurus Riff et al. |
2011 | Purussaurus Brochu |
2013 | Purussaurus Hastings et al. |
2013 | Purussaurus Pinheiro et al. |
2021 | Purussaurus Rio and Mannion |
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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.
G. †Purussaurus Barbosa Rodrigues 1892
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†Purussaurus brasiliensis Barbosa-Rodrigues 1892
†Purussaurus mirandai Aguilera et al. 2006
†Purussaurus neivensis Mook 1941
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available