Purussaurus (SciiFii)

Purussaurus is a genus of giant caiman that lived in South America during the Miocene epoch, from the Colhuehuapian to the Montehermosanin the SALMA classification. It is known from skull material found in the Brazilian and Peruvian Amazon, Colombian Villavieja Formation, Panamanian Culebra Formation and the Urumaco and Socorro Formations of northern Venezuela. This indicates how widespread the wetlands such a large caiman would require to survive were across South America in the Miocene.