Purussaurus was a giant species of caiman that went extinct millions of years ago, but this photograph does not show a genuine fossil. This is a replica model of a skull belonging to a different ...

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The Purussaurus brasilienses could measure up to 12.5m in length A prehistoric caiman that lived in the Amazon region about eight million years ago had a bite twice as powerful as that of a ...

Picture this epic showdown between Spinosaurus and Purussaurus, right? Spinosaurus, this hulking dinosaur with that iconic sail on its back, was a real water lover, cruising around ancient rivers and ...

THE biggest crocodile that ever lived had a bite more powerful than Tyrannosaurus rex, scientists have found. Examination of a prehistoric sloth fossil found 46 Purussaurus tooth marks on its shinbone ...

Paleontologists have determined that Purussaurus brasiliensis, a massive caiman that lived in South America during the Late Miocene, evolved the strongest bite of any four-limbed animal. At 15,500 ...

Total length estimated for the specimen of M. niger is 4.84 meters and is used here as an analogy to a medium sized Purussaurus (skull or mandible not available) [49]. Scale bar is 50 mm. (b) Detail ...

Jack has a degree in Medical Genetics from the University of Leicester.View full profile Jack has a degree in Medical Genetics from the University of Leicester. After studying fossils from an ancient ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. (CNN) — When a young crocodile-like caiman ...