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Purussaurus is an extinct genus of giant caiman that lived in South America during the Miocene epoch, from the Colhuehuapian to the Montehermosan in 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.
Crocodiles tend to have V-shaped noses, while those of caimans and alligators are more rounded and resemble U's.