Mourasuchus arendsi Bocquentin Villanueva 1984 (crocodilian)

Reptilia - Crocodylia - Alligatoridae

Synonyms: Carandaisuchus nativus Gasparini 1985, Mourasuchus nativus Gasparini 1985

Full reference: J. Bocquentin Villanueva. 1984. Um nuevo Nettosuchiade (Crocodylia Eusuchia) proveniente de la Formacion Urumaco (Miceno Superior), Venezuela. Ameghiniana 21(1):3-8

Belongs to Mourasuchus according to G. M. Cidade et al. 2020

See also Bocquentin and Souza Filho 1990, Bocquentin Villanueva 1984, Cidade et al. 2019, Langston and Gasparini 1997, Riff et al. 2010, Scheyer and Delfino 2016, Souza Filho 1987 and Tineo et al. 2015

Sister taxa: Mourasuchus amazonensis, Mourasuchus atopus, Mourasuchus pattersoni

Type specimens:

  • Mourasuchus arendsi: CIAAP 1297, a partial skeleton (Skull and presacral vertebrae). Its type locality is Corralito Locality, which is in a Miocene terrestrial horizon in the Urumaco Formation of Venezuela.
  • Mourasuchus nativus: MLP 73-IV-15-8, a partial skull (Posterior part of skull).

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Argentina (1 collection), Bolivia (1), Brazil (2), Venezuela (5)

Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence

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