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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...
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    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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    Orthogenysuchus from North America, and more distantly to the giant caiman Purussaurus which it shared its habitat with. However, more recent papers indicate...
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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...
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    Paleosuchus trigonatus, Smooth-fronted caiman Genus † Protocaiman Genus † Purussaurus Genus † Tsoabichi Brochu, Christopher A. (2003). "Phylogenetic approaches...
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  • during the Miocene. The largest form among them was a gigantic caiman Purussaurus which inhabited South America. Another gigantic form was a false gharial...
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    all other caimans other than Purussaurus brasiliensis and some species of Paleosuchus. Necrosuchus differs from Purussaurus through its slender mandibular...
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  • plural of Puru (Vedic tribe) All pages with titles containing Purus Purussaurus, a prehistoric reptile Puru (disambiguation) This disambiguation page...
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    Purussaurus neivensis †Purussaurus mirandai †Purussaurus brasiliensis...
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    Miocochilius Mohanamico Mourasuchus Neotamandua Nuciruptor Patasola Potamosiren Purussaurus Saimiri annectens Saimiri fieldsi Stirtonia Xenastrapotherium Gualanday...
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    Gnatusuchus Kuttanacaiman Mourasuchus Necrosuchus Orthogenysuchus Protocaiman Purussaurus Stangerochampsa? Tsoabichi Wannaganosuchus? Melanosuchus M. fisheri M...
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  • and highly specialized forms Purussaurus and Mourasuchus, known from the Miocene of South America. Culebrasuchus Purussaurus Centenariosuchus at Fossilworks...
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    largest crocodyliform of all time. However, other crocodyliforms such as Purussaurus, Gryposuchus, Rhamphosuchus, Euthecodon, and Sarcosuchus may have equaled...
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    Miocochilius Mohanamico Mourasuchus Neotamandua Nuciruptor Patasola Potamosiren Purussaurus Saimiri annectens Saimiri fieldsi Stirtonia Xenastrapotherium Gualanday...
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    Gnatusuchus Kuttanacaiman Mourasuchus Necrosuchus Orthogenysuchus Protocaiman Purussaurus Stangerochampsa? Tsoabichi Wannaganosuchus? Melanosuchus M. fisheri M...
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    Miocene Rhamphosuchus, the Late Cretaceous Deinosuchus, and the Miocene Purussaurus according to current estimates at that time. However, extrapolation from...
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    Gnatusuchus Kuttanacaiman Mourasuchus Necrosuchus Orthogenysuchus Protocaiman Purussaurus Stangerochampsa? Tsoabichi Wannaganosuchus? Melanosuchus M. fisheri M...
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    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...
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    ever lived were crocodilomorphs such as Deinosuchus, Sarcosuchus and Purussaurus, each have weight varying between 5-10 metric tons. The largest snake...
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  • perpetually ravenous 36 foot (11 m) monster resembling a Deinosuchus-Purussaurus hybrid with an almost-impenetrable hide. The alligator begins ambushing...
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    impossible. Among crown crocodilians, retracted nares are also seen in Purussaurus and, to a lesser degree, Siamese crocodiles as well as Crocodylus thorbjarnarsoni...
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    therefore is not the largest known crocodylian. Another crocodylian, Purussaurus, from the Miocene of Peru and Brazil, is known from an equally incomplete...
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    America's aquatic crocodilians, such as Gryposuchus, Mourasuchus and Purussaurus, reached monstrous sizes, with lengths up to 12 m (comparable to the...
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    Purussaurus neivensis †Purussaurus mirandai †Purussaurus brasiliensis...
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  • such lengths are probably exaggerated. The giant prehistoric caiman, Purussaurus, from northern South America during the Miocene epoch grew up to 9–10 m...
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    Gnatusuchus Kuttanacaiman Mourasuchus Necrosuchus Orthogenysuchus Protocaiman Purussaurus Stangerochampsa? Tsoabichi Wannaganosuchus? Melanosuchus M. fisheri M...
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    Gnatusuchus Kuttanacaiman Mourasuchus Necrosuchus Orthogenysuchus Protocaiman Purussaurus Stangerochampsa? Tsoabichi Wannaganosuchus? Melanosuchus M. fisheri M...
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    Gnatusuchus Kuttanacaiman Mourasuchus Necrosuchus Orthogenysuchus Protocaiman Purussaurus Stangerochampsa? Tsoabichi Wannaganosuchus? Melanosuchus M. fisheri M...
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  • today, including terrestrial predatory sebecid Langstonia, the massive Purussaurus, and flat headed duck-like Mourasuchus. Its teeth and the diversity of...
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    Gnatusuchus Kuttanacaiman Mourasuchus Necrosuchus Orthogenysuchus Protocaiman Purussaurus Stangerochampsa? Tsoabichi Wannaganosuchus? Melanosuchus M. fisheri M...
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