Mourasuchus is an extinct genus of giant, aberrant caiman from the Miocene of South America. Its skull has been described as duck-like, being broad, flat, and very elongate, superficially resembling S
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
Mourasuchus
…era of great crocodilian diversity in South America, being found in environments shared with genera inhabiting a diverse set of niches. In the Peruvian Pebas Formation M. atopus was found alongside the large bodied Purussaurus neivensis, a medium-sized species of Gryposuchus, G. pachakamue and three distinct taxa of…