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Purussaurus

Osteichthyes

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1892Purussaurus Barbosa Rodrigues
1999Purussaurus Brochu
2006Purussaurus Aguilera et al.
2007Purussaurus Bona
2008Purusaurus Jouve et al.
2010Purussaurus Brochu
2010Purussaurus Riff et al.
2011Purussaurus Brochu
2013Purussaurus Hastings et al.
2013Purussaurus Pinheiro et al.
2021Purussaurus Rio and Mannion

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
RankNameAuthor
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—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

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
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: Bush and Bambach 2015, Carroll 1988, Benton 1983, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Oligocene to the top of the Pleistocene or 27.30000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (55 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Eocene - Pliocene56.0 - 2.58Brazil (Acre) P. sp. (217775 217776 217781 217782 217788)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Peru (Loreto) P. sp. (176147)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333Brazil (Acre) P. brasiliensis (217876)
Colhuehuapian21.0 - 17.5Peru P. sp. (176149)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Colombia (Guajira) P. sp. (176826)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Venezuela (Lara) P. sp. (193998 193999 194000 194001)
Early/Lower Hemingfordian18.5 - 16.3Panama P. sp. (96702 142893)
Santacrucian - Friasian17.5 - 15.5Venezuela (Portugesa) P. sp. (190535)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Colombia (Cesar) P. neivensis (176829)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Peru P. sp. (144512)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Peru (Loreto) P. sp. (224009 224010 224013)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Peru (Maynas) P. neivensis (166767 166768) P. sp. (166769)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Venezuela (Falcon) P. sp. (147466)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Colombia (Huila) Dinosuchus neivensis (143324)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Peru (Maynas) P. sp. (166770)
Serravallian - Tortonian13.82 - 7.246Peru P. sp. (176143)
Laventan13.8 - 11.0Colombia (Huila) Caiman neivensis (133648 133693 135348 135373)
Laventan13.8 - 11.0Colombia (Tolima) Caiman neivensis (143783)
Laventan13.8 - 11.0Peru P. sp. (107992 213137)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Peru P. sp. (176162)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Venezuela P. sp. (200111)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Venezuela (Falcon) P. mirandai (136777)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Brazil (Acre) Purusaurus brasiliensis (67385) P. brasiliensis (136717) P. sp., P. brasiliensis (55602)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Venezuela (Falcón) P. sp. (63520 144595) P. sp., P. mirandai (183009 207049)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Brazil (Acre) P. sp. (136714)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Venezuela (Falcon) P. mirandai (136776 143319) P. sp. (147462 183008 183010) P. sp., P. mirandai (143321 147465)
Huayquerian8.0 - 5.0Argentina (Entre Rios) P. sp. (204596)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Brazil (Acre) P. brasiliensis (217824)