Purranisaurus westermanni, (GASPARINI, 1980), 2010

Young, Mark T., Brusatte, Stephen L., Ruta, Marcello & Andrade, Marco Brandalise De, 2010, The evolution of Metriorhynchoidea (mesoeucrocodylia, thalattosuchia): an integrated approach using geometric morphometrics, analysis of disparity, and biomechanics, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society (Zool. J. Linn. Soc.) 158 (4), pp. 801-859 : 856

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00571.x
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:05E4FB9D-4087-4BB7-88F4-D650CDD6046C
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/6C3187AE-9505-FFBD-FF09-FBC8FE0CF96D
treatment provided by	Valdenar
scientific name	Purranisaurus westermanni
status	comb. nov.

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PURRANISAURUS WESTERMANNI (GASPARINI, 1980) COMB. NOV.

1980 Metriorhynchus westermanni sp. nov.; Gasparini

Holotype: MGHF 1-010199 View Materials , skull with mandible.

Type locality: Placilla de Caracoles, Región de Antofagasta, Chile (Mina Chica Formation).

Geological range: Middle Callovian.

Geographical range: Region of Antofagasta, Chile.

Referred specimens: MDA1, posterior half of skull (Sierra del Medio, Región de Antofagasta, Chile; Vergara Formation).

Note: This species was recently revalidated (see Gasparini et al., 2008).

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No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.

Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Reptilia
Order	Crocodylia
Family	Metriorhynchidae
Genus	Purranisaurus

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