Re: Purussaurus

[art@acc.com (Art Berggreen)]

>
>>I would like to get some information on the massive carnivore 'Purussaurus'
>>that once roamed the Amazon basin in South America.
>>
>>Thanks,
>>Matthew Garman.
>
>Purrusaurus was a gigantic alligatorid (caiman or alligator) of the Miocene
>(mid-Cenozoic) of Amazonia.  Estimates of its mass put it at about 15-18
>tonnes, or 3 times as heavy as a T. rex!

Was this fellow considered primarily aquatic?  If it had the sprawled legs
of most of its relatives, it's hard to imagine it lifting its bulk off the
ground very much.

Art