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fossils of
Purussaurus in the
Peruvian Amazon (600 km from Lima).[citation needed]
Analysis of a
biomechanical model of the
skull of
Purussaurus indicated...
- Mourasuchus,
Purussaurus and Acresuchus.
Within this clade, the two
Parana species form a
trichotomy with Mourasuchus,
while Purussaurus and Acresuchus...
- make
their hides stiffer.
Several extinct forms are known,
including Purussaurus, a
giant Miocene genus that grew to 12 m (39 ft) and the
equally large...
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which serves to set
Paranasuchus apart from taxa like Mourasuchus,
Purussaurus,
Acresuchus and even the
extant broad-snouted caiman, all of
which have...
-
Orthogenysuchus from
North America, and more
distantly to the
giant caiman Purussaurus which it
shared its
habitat with. However, more
recent papers indicate...
-
Paleosuchus trigonatus, Smooth-fronted
caiman Genus †
Protocaiman Genus †
Purussaurus Genus †
Tsoabichi Brochu,
Christopher A. (2003). "Phylogenetic approaches...
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found in
Purussaurus.
These depressions may
increase with body size in the Acresuchus-
Purussaurus clade.
Acresuchus shares traits with
Purussaurus that may...
-
during the Miocene. The
largest form
among them was a
gigantic caiman Purussaurus which inhabited South America.
Another gigantic form was a
false gharial...
- very
large compared to
other alligatorids, save for the
giant caiman Purussaurus and its
closest relatives. The
genus was
first described in 1876 on the...
-
largest crocodyliform of all time. However,
other crocodyliforms such as
Purussaurus, Gryposuchus, Rhamphosuchus, Euthecodon, and
Sarcosuchus may have equaled...
