Gryposuchus is an extinct genus of gavialid crocodilian. Fossils have been found from Argentina, Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil and the Peruvian Amazon. The genus existed during the Miocene epoch. One re
The Pebas Formation is a lithostratigraphic unit of Miocene age, found in western Amazonia. The formation extends over 1,000,000 square kilometres, including parts of Brazil, Peru, Ecuador and Colombi
Gryposuchus
…36 ft)). G.colombianus has been estimated at 8 metres (26 ft) in length. Some skull material also recovered from Peruvian Amazon (Iquitos) in the Pebas Formation of the Middle Miocene, was named as Gryposuchus pachakamue in 2016 by Rodolfo Salas-Gismondi et al. It includes the holotype MUSM 987, a well preserved…