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Purussaurus neivensis

Reptilia

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) and Riff et al. (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1941Dinosuchus neivensis Mook
1953Brachygnathosuchus neivensis Stirton
1965Caiman neivensis Langston
2006Purussaurus neivensis Aguilera et al.
2010Purussaurus neivensis 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
speciesneivensis()

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
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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Bush and Bambach 2015, Benton 1983

Age range: base of the Laventan to the top of the Middle Miocene or 13.80000 to 11.60800 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Colombia (Huila) Dinosuchus neivensis (type locality: 143324)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Peru (Maynas) Purussaurus neivensis (166767 166768)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Colombia (Cesar) Purussaurus neivensis (176829)
Laventan13.8 - 11.0Colombia (Tolima) Caiman neivensis (143783)
Laventan13.8 - 11.0Colombia (Huila) Caiman neivensis (133648 133693 135348 135373)