Purussaurus

Purussaurus
Temporal range: Miocene (Friasian-Huayquerian),
Skull restoration of P. brasiliensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Archosauria
Order: Crocodilia
Family: Alligatoridae
Subfamily: Caimaninae
Clade: Jacarea
Genus: †Purussaurus
Rodrigues, 1892
Species
  • †P. brasiliensis (type species) Barbosa-Rodrigues, 1892
  • †P. neivensis Mook, 1941
  • †P. mirandai Aguilera et al., 2006
Synonyms

Purussaurus is a genus of extinct giant caimans that lived in the Americas during the Miocene epoch, from the Friasian to the Huayquerian in the SALMA classification. It is known from skull material found in the Brazilian and Peruvian Amazon, Argentina, Colombian Villavieja Formation, Panamanian Culebra Formation, Urumaco, and Socorro Formations of northern Venezuela.

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