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GRYPOSUCHUS
(grip-oh-soo-kus)
Named By: Gurich in 1912
Time Period: Mid Miocene-Late Pleistocene (Friasian-Lujanian)~15.97-0.012 Ma
Location: South America including, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Peru and Venezuela
Size: Estimated at up to 10 meters long
Diet: Carnivore
Fossil(s): Many specimens of skull material and teeth
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Crocodylomorpha | Crocodylia | Gavialidae | Gryposuchinae |
Also known as: | Ramphostoma neogaeus |
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Gryposuchus is an extinct genus of gavialoid crocodilian. It is the type genus of the subfamily Gryposuchinae. Fossils have been found from Argentina, Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil and the Peruvian Amazon. The genus existed from the Middle Miocene to Late Pleistocene (Friasian to Lujanian). One recently described species, G. croizati, grew to an estimated length of 10 metres (33 ft).

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